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Thread #3873 Message #2612392
Posted By: MMario
16-Apr-09 - 10:34 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Nipperkin and a brown bowl (Barley Mow)
Subject: RE: Origins: Nipperkin and a brown bowl (Barley Mow)
Well - most of the measuements fiven are half the amount of the preivous one (qt, pint, half pint, gill, )
Nipperkin the dictionary says is 1/8 pint (maybe) -
As I learned the song it goes: gill (40z) half-a-gill (2 0z) quarter gill (1 oz) nipperkin (1/2 oz) and a brown bowl. approx 1/4 oz, the amount that can be in the hollow of the flat hand.