[Loch-Ruadh] Speaking Forsoothly - Daily Lesson 24

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> [Original Message]
> From: DONALD H MCKINNON <gruffydd_vawr at sbcglobal.net>
> To: <padraig_ruad at irishbard.org>; Shire of Loch Ruadh, Kingdom of
Ansteorra, SCA,  Inc. <loch-ruadh at lists.ansteorra.org>
> Date: 1/5/2007 6:12:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [Loch-Ruadh] Speaking Forsoothly - Daily Lesson 24
>
> Why do we have to speak for Soothly? Why can't Soothly speak for himself?
>    
>   Gruffydd the Dunce
>
> Pádraig Ruad Ó Maolagáin <padraig_ruad at irishbard.org> wrote:
>   "Daily" Lesson 24
>
> Number and Measures – 4
>
> Volume
>
> * Mouthfull - about 1/2 ounce
> (NOTE: This is obviously NOT an Irish Bard mouthfull)
> * Jigger - 2 mouthfulls, or about 1 ounce
> * Jack or Jackpot - 2 jiggers
> * Gill or Jill - 2 jacks
> * Cup - 2 gills
> * Pint - 2 cups
> * Quart - 2 pints
> * Pottle or Half Gallon - 2 quarts
> * Gallon - 2 pottles
> * Peck - 2 gallons
> * Half Bushel - 2 pecks
> * Bushel - 2 half bushels
> * Cask, Strike, or Coomb - 2 bushels
> * Barrel - 2 casks
> * Hogshead - 2 barrels
> * Butt or Pipe - 2 hogsheads (and now you know how big a buttload is)
> * Tun - 2 butts (A tun is approximately a ton) A Tun is 2,048 lbs, but is
> a fair estimate given that the weight and volume can be derived all from
> mouthfulls of water.
>
> Shakespearian Word/Phrase of the Day:
> Hale – Haul or drag
> “Hale him forth, that I may confront him face to face!”
>
> Padraig
> -- 
> Nunc est bibendum.
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