just in case there are mudcats out there who do not know what a sporran is..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/6234290.stm
http://www.leathersporran.co.uk/
these seem to be made of muskrat rabbit and calf skin:
http://www.highlandxpress.com/sporrans.html
http://www.scotchcorner.com/sporran-index.html
http://www.sattlers.org/mickey/culture/clothing/kilts/sporran.html
http://heritage.scotsman.com/clans.cfm?id=726222005

do you suppose there is any connection with the word spore
as in fern and fungus reproduction and the location of the
sporran on a human?