Stirring it up

We were given one a few years ago and use it whenever we make porridge. My OH's dad was a true scot so perhaps the answer is nearly a yes.

It's a good tool for stirring coffee too!

Making the porridge this morning, I remembered that we have a decorative spurtle tucked way, somewhere in our collection of mementos. I wondered if such essential equipment is merely for the tourists, or do any ‘real’ Scottish people use them?

Speaking as a true Scot, I have never used a spurtle (or spirtle, or spurkle as they are also known)  - but there are those who take it very seriously - you should never use a wooden spoon, and they (the porridge) should never be stirred widdershins (anti-clockwise),
nor should porridge be eaten sitting at a table - only standing up. And porridge should only be made with salt, never sugar or, heaven forbid, blueberries or chocolate chips or any other corruption. Only hot porridge and cold milk