Anyone heard of the red feather?

I heard somewhere that if a man is given a red feather, it means that he has been cuckolded. I'm not sure if this is someone handing it to him in the street, or posting it to him in an evelope through his letterbox, or even his wife hiding one in his sock drawer for him to find later; but I was wondering if anyone else had heard of this, knew more about it, or indeed has ever received one.

Thanks
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