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On  5 Jun 97 at 10:26, Mark Erik Nielsen wrote:

> What's a sporren?

I was hoping nobody would ask that.

It's a type of bag or purse worn by Scotsmen when wearing kilts.
I believe the spelling in Scots Gaelic is 'sporran';  in Irish it is
'sparán'.

Shae

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