How to wear a fly plaid?

[Piper]

No, I play in the standard fashion, bag under the left arm, left hand on top of the chanter. Although I've long discussed with my instructor that I believe the bagpipe is actually a left handed instrument. It just felt natural to play that way when I first started.
As far as I know, fly plaids are strictly 20th century. My reference to plaid brooches was for use with the great kilt.

[parker_db]

This is information that I found as a result of my membership in the St. Andrew's Legion Pipe and Drum Band in Richmond, VA. Not being any knid of expert, I hope this is applicable to the question.

http://www.drummajor.net/documents/R...idTying_v3.pdf

Slainte Mhath!

[gilmore]

It's not of couse that the plaid is worn over the left shoulder so that one's "sword" arm is left free to pull it out and fight, it's that that is the dominant arm, and it is used for many, many things throughout the day.

Throughout history and around the world, many shawl-like articles of clothing are worn with the left arm covered and the right not. E.g., monks, who never use weapons:

[Monkey@Arms]

This is information that I found as a result of my membership in the St. Andrew's Legion Pipe and Drum Band in Richmond, VA. Not being any knid of expert, I hope this is applicable to the question.

http://www.drummajor.net/documents/R...idTying_v3.pdf

Slainte Mhath!

Interesting link, but that's a different kind of plaid then the type under discussion.

Best regards,

Jake

[Wolfhawk]

I, too, have heard the button/servant girl explanation before.

[YoungMan]

I had heard the servant girl story, and after a short google search, it's the answer that comes up most often. True? Who knows.