Folks,

On the ribbon issues, I found some pics online that will back up a bit of everyones claims.

Here's pics of the Blackwacth pipers in Royal Stewart tartan + ribbons:







Here are pics of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders with their style of ribbons, or whatever they are actually called. By the way, they wear the blackwatch tartan, which is what I was mostly referring to. So, to a certain extent, we are both right.







Now, here's why I think my great grandfather wore it in his bonnets. My brother inherited a glengary that had tartan trim added to it in place of dicing. Back in 1998 the tartan is an unidentified one according to Matthew Newsome. Tartan on bonnets are not the norm, but he (great grandfather) seemed to be doing it. Some are probably thinking that the ribbon hanging from the bonnet is not normal either. I have seen paintings of jacobites where the whit rosette had two strands of ribbon hanging from it. I'm sure the memmories of some of you are starting to recall this as well. I tried to find period paintings online but could not. I do not remember where i originally saw it. I've seen alot of Scottish art work over the years.. The best I could do was the MacGillivary print by Rober McIan (c) 1845.

MacGillivary

I'm not referring to the blue ribbon, the white ribbon on the rear left side. It has two trands of white ribbon dangling from the bow.