A section titled Blazing With Crimson might be all blokes sporting kilts and sporrans but Pioneers Of Science counters a portrait of John Logie Baird with the death mask of Dolly the sheep. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Furry sporrans turned down as Co-op banks on ethical profit ❋ Unknown (2011)
Unlike in Francophone Canada at the weekend, the crowd was warmly welcoming, with screams and whoops drowning out the obligatory - in this part of the world - Scottish pipe band, all dressed in kilts, sporrans and glengarries. ❋ Unknown (2011)
There were perhaps sixty or seventy men, all dressed in their best, festooned with dirks, swords, pistols, and sporrans, milling about in the courtyard nearest the entrance to the Great Hall. ❋ Unknown (2010)
There is a small manufacturer in my town and his family factory have been making sporrans with seal skin for nearly 100 years. ❋ Jeff (2009)
It seems really strange that even the seals who die a natural death cannot have their skin used to make the beloved sporrans - surely they would be easy to spot because of a lack of club marks surrounded by blood. ❋ Jeff (2009)
As a result a huge swathe of promises was made about the preservation of the identities of the various battalions that revolved around a variety of Regimental distinctions in their appointments, such as cap badges, hackles, tartans, sporrans and the like, but also included an assurance that recruits could still choose which of the battalions into which he wished to be recruited, thus preserving his link with his clan and tradition. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Multiply that by all these small specialists in sporrans and kilts and many will be redundant plus of course, a craftsman's skill will be lost. ❋ Jeff (2009)
As for the sporran, Rab the Targe Maker, a good friend of mine, makes some very beautiful sporrans that are at least in the same league as the historical items. ❋ Jeff (2009)
I am sure we have all seen this morning that the Scottish Executive, to bring Scotland into line with the rest of the EU, have decided to threaten people who wear unlicensed sporrans with a fine, or even prison. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Even if those sporrans were bought 13 years ago, you must dig them out and pop down to the sporran licensing office. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Still, got there before 10, and had the opportunity to see lots of girlies and boys wandering the streets of Oxford in ballgowns, kilts, sporrans, and so forth -- v. fetching. ❋ Mzdt (2003)
'No explosion at the power plant could be strong enough to do more than shake a few sporrans at the Games,' Angelique said, articulating Ray's very thoughts, with the exception of the sporran remark. ❋ Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- (2001)
Lily feels secure among all the hard hairy pale male knees keeping time between socks and swinging sporrans and swaying kilts. ❋ Macdonald Ann-Marie (1996)
All of the men wore sporrans and nothing more; the women wore nothing at all. ❋ Laurence M. Janifer (1967)
It is true here were the Celts in their wild settlements, but without bagpipes or pistols, sporrans or philabegs; there was not even a solitary thistle to charm the eye; and as for oats, there were at least two Scotchmen to one oat in this garden of exotics. ❋ Frederic S. Cozzens (N/A)
They have taken our sporrans away and covered our kilts with khaki cloth; in fact, I believe they will be making us dye our whiskers khaki colour next. ❋ Louis Creswicke (N/A)
Scotch regiments charging with flying sporrans are probably drawn in ❋ Ernest N. Bennett (N/A)
He was dealing with a very [mouthy] Amy, so he [promptly] Sporran slapped her into [submission]. ❋ Hellraiser011 (2011)
I spent a fruitless bank holiday creaming my wives [clump sporran] with [factor 50] [sun block]. To no avail. ❋ Herbie Dongsporran (2021)
Girl tells guy to get lost at the bar after guy delivers a shite [chat up] line. Guy returns to his friends explaining his [unsuccessful] attempt by stating "Obviously a [sporran basher]!" ❋ Nicky J Liverpool (2009)
[Look at me] [Hairy Cock] [Sporran] Jimmy! ❋ Dirtydom (2010)
"Och ma boggle. Ahm [kippin] ma wee bowlocks [seef] in mah skin sporran ready for [Morag] to play wi'." (Traditional Scottish Saying) ❋ Wizards Sleeve (2005)
"Fancy going [to the pub] for a sporran at [lunchtime] [Timothy]?" ❋ NBAY (2006)
