wearing the sporran

[OC Richard]

I really like my horse hair sporran, but could never convince myself to let the hairs hang lower than my kilt. It just seems odd to me.

It was very common, indeed nearly universal, in the old days.

Look at photos like these for a while and it might not seem odd any more.

Here is a group of Crimean Heroes:



and a group of the 78th Highlanders:



and a couple guys with the sporrans hanging very low:





Nowadays in the Army they don't wear them that long, but still often going a bit below the kilt: