What side does it go on??

[LANCER1562]

The Clan Chief wears the fly plaid on the right shoulder all others wear it on the left unless you have the express permission of the Chief to wear it on the right.

[Highland Logan]

The Clan Chief wears the fly plaid on the right shoulder all others wear it on the left unless you have the express permission of the Chief to wear it on the right.

Where did you learn that? What book did you read this? Men (all men Chief or not) always wear it on the left, out of the way of the dominant hand, which was traditionally the right. The only ref written on shoulder plaids are for the woman's sash which is worn on the right, and on the left if a Chief in her own right, wife of a colonel of a Highland regt, or wife of a Chief. The R.S.C.D.S. also have "permission" from the Queen to wear it on the left shoulder. The woman's sash rules came from Lord Lyon (I don't recall which one) and have been in practice long enough to be considered cannon.

Frank