Originally Posted by
OC Richard
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:
Nowadays in the Army they don't wear them that long, but still often going a bit below the kilt:
I notice how the "texture" of the hair of the old sporrans is different from the new ones. Is the older ones angora rather than horse hair? (that's what they look like to me.)
And if so, I wonder when they switched?
[SIZE="2"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]T. E. ("TERRY") HOLMES[/I][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]proud descendant of the McReynolds/MacRanalds of Ulster & Keppoch, Somerled & Robert the Bruce.[/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]"Ah, here comes the Bold Highlander. No @rse in his breeks but too proud to tug his forelock..." Rob Roy (1995)[/I][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
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