10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAPPIT-HEN»
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Scottish pewter-ware and pewterers
The common or cant name for the Scottish pint measure, when made in a
particular ferm, was a “Tappit Hen,” but this name seems never to have been
recognised by the authorities, nor is it to be found in any of the hammermen
incorporations' ...
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The English dialect dictionary
Cai.l Elg.A tappit hen Wi' yellow spurs lang on her heels, COUPER Poelry (1804)
ll. 56. Rnf. Pawkie Auld Robin cam up frae the glen,\IVi' a dozen 0' eggs and a
white tappit hen, BARR Poems (1861) 73. Ayr. His head powdered and frizzled ...
43. The tappit-hen, 'tapathen, was a measure variously estimated; sometimes as
a quart. The Aberdeen tappit-hen, or liquor-jar, holds three magnums or Scots
pints: “Don't let the tappit-hen scraugh to be emptied.” Scott, L. of Montrose, c. 5.
William Grant, James Main Dixon, 2013
43. The tappit-hen, 'topathen, was a measure variously estimated; sometimes as
a quart. The Aberdeen tappit-hen, or liquor-jar, holds three magnums or Scots
pints : "Don't let the tappit-hen scraugh to be emptied." Scott, L. of Montrose, c. 5.
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Pewter at Colonial Williamsburg
Uncrested tappit-hen type Scots pint Maker unidentified Scotland, 1730-1826
metal (known as a plouk) is usually found inside the body below the rim, and it
indicates the point at which the proper capacity is achieved. Although the earliest
...
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The Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott: Containing notes, ...
The people stared with wonder atasight which many of them had never
witnessed before. Note 48. p. 253. c. 1. Z. 14. “Tappit Hen.” The Tappit Hen
contained three quarts of claret-— Weel she lo'ed n Hawick gill, And leugh to see
a Tappit Hen.
Tappit Hen. The Tappit Hen contained three quarts of claret— Weel she lo'ed a
Hawick gill, • And leugh to see a Tappit Hen. I have seen one of these formidable
stoups at Provost Haswell'sat Jedburgh, in the days of yore. It was a pewter ...
8
Waverley - Heart of Midlothian
Tappit Hen P. 108, 1. 19. The Tappit Hen contained three quarts of claret — Wed
she loed a Hawick gill, And leugh to see a Tappit Hen. I have seen one of these
formidable stoups at Provost Haswell's at Jedburgh, in the days of yore. It was a ...
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Introductions, and notes and illustrations to the novels, ...
Tappit Hen.— P. 108, 1. 19. The Tappit Hen contained three quarts of claret —
Weel she loed a Hawick gill, And leugh to see a Tappit Hen. I have seen one of
these formidable stoups at Provost Haswell's at Jedburgh, in the days of yore.
Note H, p. 282.— Tappit Hen. The Tappit Hen contained three quarts of claret —
Weel she lo'ed a Hawick gill, And leugh to see a Tappit Hen. I have seen one of
these formidable stoups at Provost Haswell's, at Jedburgh, in the days of yore.
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