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Thread #3873 Message #2613251
Posted By: Crane Driver
17-Apr-09 - 01:49 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Nipperkin and a brown bowl (Barley Mow)
Subject: RE: Origins: Nipperkin and a brown bowl (Barley Mow)
Incidentaly the 'pottle' in both Ravenscroft and the West Country version quoted above, was an archaic term for 2 quarts, i.e. a half-gallon.
Andrew