On 7-7-2015 14:27, Stephen wrote:
> On 7/7/2015 12:16 PM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>
>>>
>>>> I didn't know about puzzle jugs...
>>>>
>>>
>>> They are an interesting folly. More for decoration than use, I think.
>>> A bit like a yard of ale or a Bierstiefel.
>>>
>>
>> I can imagine its use during a wild party :-)
>>
>
> Was there ever a craze for drinking wine using a porron, in the
> Netherlands?
> There was one in the UK when cheap flights to Spain became available in
> the 60s/70s (no apostrophe)
>

I am not sure. I do not really remember but I suppose there was, at 
least in some Spanish restaurants which started round that time. I did 
fieldwork in South Spain in the early 70s, but they were not in use in 
the rural areas where I dwelt.

-- 
Thomas

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