A feather in your cap to hunting can be found in the cultures of highland peoples in Scotland and Wales where it is still customary for the hunter who kills the first woodcock to pluck out a feather and stick it in his cap. Other examples of feathers in caps which appear to be related to hunters and warriors can be found in mythological stories of historical figures such as the Austrian bailiff of Altdorf, Albrecht Gessler an aggressor who made Swiss national hero William Tell shoot an apple from the head of his son. Indeed, the Tyrolean hat of today, worn in the Austrian
Haste to the Wedding to a long career in the theatre. On 15 November 1873, Gilbert's play "The Wedding March" debuted at the Court Theatre, written under his pseudonym F. Latour Tomline. It was a free adaptation of Eugène Marin Labiche's "Un chapeau de paille d'Italie" ("The Italian Straw Hat"). The play was first to have been called "Hunting a Hat", but the title was changed to capitalise on the popularity of the wedding march from Wagner's "Lohengrin". The name of the hero, Woodpecker Tapping, was taken from Thomas Moore's ballad, "The woodpecker tapping the hollow beech tree." The play ran for about 92