did yankee doodle name his feather, hat, town, or his pony macaroni?
2006-08-22 14:00:31 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Some believe that these were alternative lyrics used by the British army during the revolutionary war. A "macaroni", in mid-18th-century England, was a fashionable fellow; the joke being that the Yankees were naive enough to believe that a feather in the hat was a sufficient mark of a Macaroni. Whether or not these were alternative lyrics sung in the British army, they were enthusiastically taken up by the yankees themselves.
2006-08-22 14:08:48 · answer #1 · answered by scaper 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the late colonial days of America, It was fashionable to deck one's self out in ostentatious clothes. In the colonies, this practice was considered foppish or overly pretentious--as an attempt to imitate the upper class without having the real goods. The fashion was called Italian, and the imitation was called Macaroni Italian, meaning that one wanted to be upper class, but did not know how to be. Thus, a person who lacked class might try to imitate high class by simply sticking a feather in his cap, or adding some other useless item to his apparel to fool other people who could not tell the difference.B.
2006-08-26 20:50:23 · answer #2 · answered by Brian M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was the whole effect of having the feather in the hat that was "macaroni". Being "macaroni" was like "stylin'". It meant you had serious high fashion sense. The British were making fun of the Yanks, whom they thought of as a bunch of bumpkins, when they sang this song!
2006-08-22 22:34:13 · answer #3 · answered by gburgmommy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was the town he put the feather in his hat because he wanted to look good while riding into the town!!(on his pony)
2006-08-24 07:03:38 · answer #4 · answered by Deb 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he called the feather in his hat macaroni
2006-08-22 21:05:43 · answer #5 · answered by nas88car300 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he stuck a fether in his hat so he named the feather macaroni
2006-08-22 22:45:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The feather. That was the last thing referred to in the song before it said "it".
2006-08-26 16:16:36 · answer #7 · answered by allikitty 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he called his hat macaroni
2006-08-25 22:10:23 · answer #8 · answered by bobbie21brady 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
" Yankee Doodle went to town, ridin on an oven, got so hot it burned his @$$, and tried to join our coven" ohh, im sorry, did i say that out loud, what i meant to say is; WHO CARES??
Blessed be!!!!
2006-08-22 21:45:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm presuming it was the feather.
2006-08-22 21:05:48 · answer #10 · answered by heffinator 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋