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On 7/8/2015 12:21 PM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> On 8-7-2015 10:14, Stephen wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>
> Ah yes, indeed. Somehow it passed me by and I don't remember ;-)
>
Embarrassment, most likely. ;-)
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Regards
Stephen
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