_Bishop of Ossory--Cardinal's Hat_ (Vol. vii., p. 72.).--A. S. A. is quite
correct, that the _hat_ is common to all prelates, and that the distinction
is only in the number of the tassels to the hat-strings; but I think he is
wrong in attributing the hat to _priors_. I believe it only belonged to
_abbots_, who had _black_ hats and tassels; while the colour of the
prelatical hats and tassels was green. (See Père Anselme's _Palais
d'Honneur_, chap. xxii. and plate.)