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Advice On Feather in the hat

Sean7htfc

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Hi all,

Sorry if this is in the wrong forum.

My question is.... My "step" Grandad always wore a hat and always wore a feather on it, the thing is he was from Republic of Ireland (Donegal) and I was wondering is there a specific feather that the Irish wear in a hat or don't it matter.

I want to carry on this tradition/look but I don't want to get it wrong or course offence.

Thank you and ill look forward to replies.

All the best and Merry Christmas to you all.

Sean.
 

tropicalbob

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No secret meaning I've ever heard of. If you like a feather in your hat, go for it. Toothpicks, of course, are another story.
 

shadowrider

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Hi Sean, welcome,
I recall reading that traditionally the feather placed in a hatband was from a bird of a local (to the hat wearer location) species.
This is of course not done anymore. Maybe you could just pick an Irish wild bird feather for it?
 

johnnycanuck

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If you use a Grouse feather that means your a Protestant. :p just kidding. It has no meaning. its whatever floats your boat.
Johnny
 

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