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Thread #112155 Message #2371154
Posted By: Joe_F
20-Jun-08 - 08:34 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Expression - a peck of dirt
Subject: RE: BS: Expression - a peck of dirt
8 quarts make a peck, 4 pecks make a bushel. Dry measure (that is, volume, but of solids rather than liquids).
When I was a boy, we learned such things in school.