The sporran (Scottish Gaelic for "purse"), a traditional part of male Scottish Highland dress, is a pouch that performs the same function as pockets on the pocketless kilt. Made of leather or fur, the ornamentation of the sporran is chosen to complement the formality of dress worn with it. The sporran is worn on a leather strap or chain, conventionally positioned in front of the groin of the wearer.
Since the traditional kilt does not have pockets, the sporran serves as a wallet and container for any other necessary personal items. It is essentially a survival of the common European medieval belt-pouch, superseded elsewhere as clothing came to have pockets, but continuing in the Scottish Highlands because of the lack of these accessories in traditional dress. The sporran hangs below the belt buckle; and much effort is made to match their style and design. The kilt belt buckle may be very ornate, and contain similar motifs to the sporran cantle and the Sgian Dubh. Early sporrans would have been worn suspended from the belt on one or other of the hips, rather than hung from a separate strap in front of the wearer.
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Randall was first, and correct, with:
a Scotsman
. . . over his kilt
Mark. said:
A kilt-wearing Scot. (A sporran is something like a purse that functions
as the pocket for a kilt.)
Cal in Vermont wrote:
A true Scotsman.
Alan J answered:
A Scottish Male.
Mac Mac responded:
Scotsmen with a kilt
Kevin K. in Washington, DC, replied:
Every well-hung kilt wearing Scotsman sports a fat sporran. It can hold your junk, even your pussy.
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mj wrote:
A True Scotsman
Would wear a sporran to carry his bits and bobs while wearing his kilt.
It's sort of a model for a fanny pack worn in front.
Roy, the Snowflake Libtard, self-isolating in Tyler, TX replied:
A sporran is a Scottish Highlander's purse that hangs in the front of his skirt.... uh... his kilt. I think its purpose, besides being ornamental and a place to keep a wallet and maybe a lipstick, is to keep the kilt in place in windy situations, since I believe the fellas are going au natural down there (no undies).
Dave responded:
A Scotsman, if he's wearing a kilt. The sporran functions as a purse since kilts lack pockets. I guess at one time the English called Scots "Scotchmen" but the Scots didn't like it.
Photos: Modern Scots wearing a sporran | in the TV series Outlander, out of these 3 actors portraying Highlanders of the 1740's, only one is wearing a sporran.
Deborah said:
A Scottish Highlander wears a sporran with his kilt. It's used as a purse. Wikipedia has an interesting article about sporrans.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, wrote:
A sporran is an important and traditional item of the Scottish highland outfit. Traditional kilts are made without pockets, and sporrans would have been used to carry items such as small portions of food, or money.
John I from Hawai`i says,
Scott kilt wearer
David of Moon Valley answered:
Really?!
it's that junk-hiding pouch that a Scottish male (at least Some of them) wear over their kilt….my fun fact for another Monday of hunkering down….
Daniel in The City responded:
A Scot
Billy in Cypress U$A replied:
Wiki tells me that a Sporran would normally be worn by a Scotsman in a kilt, but I guess anyone dressed in clothing without pockets could wear one if he/she did not have a purse to hold stuff.
Joe ( -- Vote Blue, No Matter Who -- ) said:
A Scotsman.
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