On 7/8/2015 8:34 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>> 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.

They are from Catalan. And seas of them came back from the Costa Blanca 
with the first wave of tourists.

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Regards
     Stephen

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