Did Yankee Doodle name the feather, hat, town, or his pony Macaroni?

Answer 1

the feather in the hat was "macaroni" i.e. fashionable, so strictly speaking, the feather was macaroni. the hat was a hat. the town was a town. and the only person I know of that called a pony "macaroni" was Caroline Kennedy when she was a child.

Answer 2

Yankee doodle went to town
riding on a pony
stuck a feather in his hat
and called it macaroni
yankee doodle keep it up
yankee doodle dandee
mind the music and the step
and with the girls be handy!

He named the FEATHER

Answer 3

He is referring to his style. I don't remember the detail, but "macaroni" was a term back then used to describe men who were into fashion and were dandys, basically. If the song were written today, it'd probably say, "Put a feather in his hat and called it metrosexual."

Reading Erica's entry below, she's pretty much correct. I don't know that it was about homosexuality, but it's more the British saying, "These backwater hicks think putting a feather in their hat makes them fashionable and proper." I think the Americans adopted the song to say, "It doesn't bother us what you think."

Answer 4

he stuck A feather in his hat and called IT macaroni. he called the feather macaroni.

Answer 5

He called his feather macaroni.

"He stuck a feather on his hat and called it macaroni!"

Answer 6

in the song, it's the feather + cap combo he named macaroni. it was actually a british song they used to make fun of americans, the macaroni was a homosexual club, so the modern equivalent would've been saying "stupid yankee americans, they are so gay"

Answer 7

The feather in the cap together

Answer 8

well he didn't name anything...back in the time when that song was made macaroni was a term for stylish...so he was saying a feather in his hat was stylish

Answer 9

I would assume the feather...though he must have been a sandwich short of a picnic to name a feather...lol

Answer 10

.....stuck a feather in his hat and called IT Macaroni...sounds like he renamed "Cousin IT".