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SPORRAN (Gaelic sporan, purse, pouch)

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 735 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SPORRAN (Gaelic sporan,
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purse, pouch)  , a pouch which is worn, in Highland
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costume,
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hanging from the
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belt over the front of the
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kilt . The older sporrans were quite modest
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objects and ordinarily of
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leather; in
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modern Highland costume and in the
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uniform of Highland kilted regiments it has become a highly ornamental
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adjunct, with
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silver or
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metal rims, and a heavy
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long backing of horsehair or
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fur .

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