Ever use a purse as a sporran ?

**AFS1970** · 27th December 10, 02:51 PM

I too think that a purse is a purse and a sporran is a sporran, however I have a story that says otherwise. My brother works for a charity that runs a thrift shop and often has to work in the shop. One day he saw hanging on a rack a sporran marked "lady's purse" for sale for $5 or $10. Someone had donated it in a box of stuff and none of the other staff knew what it was. however it was there with the chain, and it came home with him.

**Mikilt** · 27th December 10, 03:25 PM

Originally Posted by AFS1970

I too think that a purse is a purse and a sporran is a sporran, however I have a story that says otherwise. My brother works for a charity that runs a thrift shop and often has to work in the shop. One day he saw hanging on a rack a sporran marked "lady's purse" for sale for $5 or $10. Someone had donated it in a box of stuff and none of the other staff knew what it was. however it was there with the chain, and it came home with him.

I frequently scan the ladies rack at my local thrift store for signs of tartan. You never know when a kilt will be mis-identified as ladies wear.

**creagdhubh** · 27th December 10, 03:30 PM

No, can't say that I have.

**tetley88mark** · 28th December 10, 08:26 AM

Originally Posted by Mikilt

I frequently scan the ladies rack at my local thrift store for signs of tartan. You never know when a kilt will be mis-identified as ladies wear.

english thrift stores are the other way, or at least the ones near me are, they often have items hanging up on display which are labelled as kilts but are actually ladies skirts, that was fun yesterday in a thrift store with my mother trying to talk me into what she saw was a lovely kilt and couldn't quite understand that it was a pleated skirt