The sporran (/ˈspɒrən/; Scottish Gaelic for 'purse'), a traditional part of male Scottish Highland dress, is a pouch that functions as a pocket for the...
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Seamus McSporran, BEM (born 1938) is a Scottish man who worked in over 13 jobs for 31 years in the Scottish Isle of Gigha. The island has a population...
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number of accessories, which may include but are not limited to: a belt, sporran, sgian-dubh, knee-socks with a cuff known as kilt hose, garters, kilt pins...
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Kilt accessories (section Sporran)
called a sporran, which is just the Gaelic word for pouch or purse. Sporrans are usually made from either brown or black leather. Sporrans come in a...
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antecedent which was superseded as clothing came to have pockets. The Scottish sporran is a similar belted pouch that survived because of the impracticality of...
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McSporran is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Jermaine McSporran (born 1977) British semi-professional footballer Seamus McSporran (born...
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Jermaine McSporran (born 1 January 1977, Manchester, England) is a retired footballer who last played for Oxford City in the Southern League Division...
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Willie McSporran MBE former chair of the Hebridean Isle of Gigha's Heritage Trust. In 2002 the trust raised £4 million for the purchase of the island...
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with gauntlet cuffs and pocket flaps and front cutaway for wearing with a sporran and kilt. It can be of tweed, tartan or solid colour material. The Argyll...
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"clubs" in Spanish) or Porras, and refers to Sporran. Porran Old Scottish Gaelic. McSporran, MacSporran. Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo (born 1944),...
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Alternative fastenings may be used and pockets inserted to avoid the need for a sporran. Kilts have also been adopted as female wear for some sports. The kilt...
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voice and clarity. Lauder usually performed in full Highland regalia—kilt, sporran, tam o' shanter, and twisted walking stick, and sang Scottish-themed songs...
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wore limited clothing, including grass skirts, with a piece similar to a sporran, and cloaks made from beaten bark, called mals. An account of some of the...
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Intelligence Men (1965) – Boy in cinema Carry On Up the Khyber (1968) – Sporran Soldier (uncredited) La ragazza con la pistola (1968) – Brawler (uncredited)...
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Britain used in addresses in Scotland in the nineteenth century e.g " 'The Sporran' Fifeshire, NB" (Used in The Importance of being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde...
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Legacy Wrestling Women's Championship. Piper loaned WWE her father's kilt, sporran, bagpipes, chain from Starrcade '83: A Flare for the Gold, and boxing shorts...
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favourite source a report of the even more scandalous on-goings of Mr Angus McSporran in Aberdeen. This clearly constitutes a counter example, which definitively...
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County Argyll, by marriage to his cousin Aife, daughter and heir of Paul an Sporran, Royal Treasurer and last of the Clan O'Duin, descended of Diarmid. From...
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in the wallet." Digital Wallet Coin purse Money bag Money belt Netsuke Sporran "Online Etymology Dictionary entry for "wallet"". Archived from the original...
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Duncan "Dougal" Curdy MacSporran Haston (19 April 1940 – 17 January 1977) was a Scottish mountaineer noted for his exploits in the British Isles, Alps...
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refer to: A small bag such as a packet (container), teabag, money bag, sporran, fanny pack, etc. Marsupium (disambiguation), especially pouch (marsupial)...
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for "Old Ghosts" were inspired by the graveyard in Kilmarie, while "Warm Sporran" references the type of pouch traditionally worn with a kilt. Other tracks...
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Games to score higher on dress inspection), pipers hoses and flashes, a sporran (typically without long horse hairs), some sort of formal jacket, and a...
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goes that Argyll only received a large cache of rusty old weapons." A sporran and dirk handle which belonged to Rob Roy can still be seen at Inveraray...
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six-point horsehair sporran while senior NCMs and officers wear a badger head sporran. Pipers wear three-point horsehair sporrans while the pipe major...
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cutting away the skirts at the front of the tunic to allow the wearing of a sporran. Most Scottish regiments did not wear the service dress peaked cap but...
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Windsor uniform Ireland Scottish highlands Aboyne Feather bonnet Kilt Sporran Wales Central Dirndl Lederhosen Poland Tracht Eastern Armenia Azerbaijan...
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Windsor uniform Ireland Scottish highlands Aboyne Feather bonnet Kilt Sporran Wales Central Dirndl Lederhosen Poland Tracht Eastern Armenia Azerbaijan...
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Windsor uniform Ireland Scottish highlands Aboyne Feather bonnet Kilt Sporran Wales Central Dirndl Lederhosen Poland Tracht Eastern Armenia Azerbaijan...
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