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    Question Over WHICH shoulder??

    Hi, Lads and Lassies! Our wedding is in mid-February, and Teri and I want her to wear a tartan sash to our wedding luncheon, after the ceremony. I'm wearing full dress and my fly plaid, too. I remember reading somewhere that the clan chief's wife can wear it over one shoulder (right or left, I cannot recall which), and that all other wives of clan members must wear it over the opposite shoulder. Can someone fill me in about which shoulder is the correct one??
    Nothing is worn under the kilt...everything works just fine!!

    Alexander Nicoll Gerli (Sandy)
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    Mount Airy, NC, MAYBERRY USA!

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    Every plaid/sash/whatver fabric is worn over the left shoulder.

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    Quote Originally Posted by beloitpiper View Post
    Every plaid/sash/whatver fabric is worn over the left shoulder.
    Wrong. A lady's sash should be worn on the right shoulder unless she is the wife of a chief, a chief in her own right, a colonel in a highland regiment or a Scottish country dancer.

    EDIT: Piobear obviously beat me to it. I should have read the entire thread before posting. My bad.
    Last edited by Bob C; 22nd January 07 at 12:02 PM. Reason: typo
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    Left it is.

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    Sorry I must disagree with you guys. It is correct for the wife of the Clan Chief to wear a sash over the left shoulder, as do ladies who are members of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society ( dont know why). Other ladies wear it over the right shoulder. All gentlemen wear a plaid at the left shoulder.

    Having said all of that, this is not rigid law ! You dont get locked up for doing the opposite.

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    Yes, a woman's sash is worn over the right shoulder unless they are the wife of a clan chief or a colonel of a Scottish regiment. Country dancers wear it on the left shoulder because it interferes with their dance. Gentlemen wear their plaids on the left.

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    A good description is:

    http://www.clanhannay.us/sash.html

    Men, on the other hand, can (and should) wear their "sash" -- fly, half (Drummer's) , full (Piper's) or untailored (shawl or "blanket") plaid--- upon shoulder opposite their dominant or writing hand with a (strong cultural) preference to left. Historically it would be, as with the shield in jousting, the left shoulder. While the days of forced use of the right by lefties is, for the most part, behind us even today most countries continue a bias in favor of right handedness due to its dominance--- recall, however, that not all languages are written left to right but many right to left and still others top down. The middle English word for left is "sinistre" with all its other meanings (including unlucky).

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    So I have a question

    May I to assume by this discussion that a lady wears a sash (which shoulder in not important to my question) and a gentleman wears a fly plaid A sash is not proper to a gentleman’s apparel.

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    May I to assume by this discussion that a lady wears a sash...A sash is not proper to a gentleman’s apparel.
    A tartan sash, yes; it's a woman's item. There are other solid colored sashes worn by pipe majors, drum majors, color sergeants, etc., but unless you're in a band or color guard you're not likely to run across them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PiobBear View Post
    A tartan sash, yes; it's a woman's item. There are other solid colored sashes worn by pipe majors, drum majors, color sergeants, etc., but unless you're in a band or color guard you're not likely to run across them.

    Thanks a bunch PiobBear That is why I post here. I do not want to commit a faux pause.

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