Parowan Times | 1936-07-03 | Page 5 | "Feather in Your Cap"

feather in your cp cap the phrase feather in your cap means that something la Is an honor to you the allusion L to the very general custom in asia and among the american indians of adding a feather to the headgear for every enemy stain slain the ancient Ly clans and many others had bad a similar custom and it Is still usual for the english sportsman who kills the first woodcock to pick out a feather and stick it in his cap the custom in one form or another seems to be almost universal in hungary at one time none might wear a feather but he who had bad slain a turk and it will be remembered that when gordon quelled th the e rebellion he was honored by the chinese government with the yellow jacket and peacocks peacock feather