In the song Yankee Doodle, is he calling the horse or the feather "macaroni"?

"Yankee Doodle went to town A-riding on a pony Stuck a feather in his cap And called it macaroni." He is calling the feather "Macaroni." Any other questions?
Updated on Wednesday, February 01 2012 at 10:57PM EST
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