X Marks the Scot - An on-line community of kilt wearers.

   X Marks Partners - (Go to the Partners Dedicated Forums )
USA Kilts website Celtic Croft website Celtic Corner website Houston Kiltmakers

User Tag List

Results 1 to 10 of 67

Hybrid View

  1. #1
    Raptor
    Then just to confuse the issue, in some regiments wearing dicing depended on your rank...

  2. #2
    Join Date
    4th September 05
    Location
    Oklahoma
    Posts
    476
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by Raptor View Post
    Then just to confuse the issue, in some regiments wearing dicing depended on your rank...
    Exactly! And in many pipe bands the drummers have dicing while the pipers don't ....
    Last edited by haukehaien; 20th September 07 at 07:38 AM. Reason: spelling
    --Scott
    "MacDonald the piper stood up in the pulpit,
    He made the pipes skirl out the music divine."

  3. #3
    Join Date
    2nd July 06
    Location
    Madison, Wisconsin
    Posts
    4,678
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by haukehaien View Post
    Exactly! And in many pipe bands the drummers have dicing while the pipers don't ....
    Yeah, the only reason I wear un-diced bonnets is because I'm a piper, and (in my pipeband, at least) the pipers wear un-diced balmorals while the bass drummer wears a diced feather bonnet.

    Not sure of the meaning, but it looks good to me!

  4. #4
    Join Date
    4th September 05
    Location
    Oklahoma
    Posts
    476
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by beloitpiper View Post
    Yeah, the only reason I wear un-diced bonnets is because I'm a piper, and (in my pipeband, at least) the pipers wear un-diced balmorals while the bass drummer wears a diced feather bonnet.

    Not sure of the meaning, but it looks good to me!
    I think it means that the pipers are Hanoverian Jacobites who support the restoration of Cromwell, whilst the bass drummer is a Protestant Catholic Highlander from Glasgow, or something. At least that's what I get when I try to absorb the whole thread.
    --Scott
    "MacDonald the piper stood up in the pulpit,
    He made the pipes skirl out the music divine."

  5. #5
    Join Date
    13th March 05
    Location
    Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (OCONCAN)
    Posts
    3,813
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by haukehaien View Post
    I think it means that the pipers are Hanoverian Jacobites who support the restoration of Cromwell, whilst the bass drummer is a Protestant Catholic Highlander from Glasgow, or something. At least that's what I get when I try to absorb the whole thread.
    I like that explanation! This thread kind of reminds me of the thread about all the different meanings there are to what you do with your bonnet ribbons! I doubt we'll ever know the "real" answers, if ever there were any.
    "Touch not the cat bot a glove."

  6. #6
    Join Date
    31st May 06
    Location
    Clinton, South Carolina (USA)-> Atlanta native
    Posts
    1,787
    Mentioned
    0 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by Macman View Post
    I like that explanation! This thread kind of reminds me of the thread about all the different meanings there are to what you do with your bonnet ribbons! I doubt we'll ever know the "real" answers, if ever there were any.
    For bonnet tails, see here:
    http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=24605

Similar Threads

  1. Replies: 58
    Last Post: 12th June 07, 03:44 PM
  2. Replies: 0
    Last Post: 12th March 07, 07:58 PM
  3. At Last, A LARGE Sporran 9"x9"x3"
    By Riverkilt in forum How to Accessorize your Kilt
    Replies: 19
    Last Post: 20th February 06, 12:40 PM
  4. "Restricted" Tartan vs. "Unrestricted" T
    By Iolaus in forum Kilt Advice
    Replies: 31
    Last Post: 8th April 05, 10:29 PM

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

» Log in

User Name:

Password:

Not a member yet?
Register Now!
Powered by vBadvanced CMPS v4.2.0