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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 9555264, member: 2844&quot;]OK, I&#039;ve had a rest and found a connection between the grouse foot pin and the kilt. Not from a Scottish dress historian though, but from a shop. On the upside, it is a Scottish shop:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;In the Victorian period men would pin grouse claws to their kilts for good luck during hunting trips.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://stkildastore.com/Kilt-Pin-Grouse-Claw" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://stkildastore.com/Kilt-Pin-Grouse-Claw" rel="nofollow">https://stkildastore.com/Kilt-Pin-Grouse-Claw</a></p><p><br /></p><p>So according to them, it was worn as a good luck token during hunting trips.</p><p>Nothing about its function as a kilt pin proper, only worn while hunting. And as I said before, it looks a bit short for a kilt pin.</p><p>But I can see how the concept of pinning it to the kilt during the hunt would lead to confusion.</p><p><br /></p><p>This and other stories may have to be corrected by a Scottish dress historian who comes across this thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Rathdown mystery hasn&#039;t been solved yet.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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