Quote Originally Posted by beloitpiper View Post
MacWage has got it pretty good, but I was always told to keep your ribbons loose if you're single and tied in a bow if you're married.
Also:
Loose: Highlander
Tied: Lowlander
Or reverse of those 2-> about same times both ways

Tied: Civilian
Loose: Military

Tied: Jacobite
Loose: Hanovarian
And also heard the reverse

Tied: Underwear
Loose: Regimental
(That is NOT made up by me!!! I was ACTAULLY told that VERY explicitly at a games before!)

In end, I think it is a matter of personal feeling,and I've heard nothing consistant on any real "meaning" one way or the other.
The most logical-> tied=old-style/auld school