On 8-7-2015 19:33, Jellby wrote:
> On 08/07/15, at 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.
>>
>
> In southern (or the whole) Spain you should find the botijo:
>
> http://www.botijopedia.com/en/index.php
>

Oh yes, that one was much in use of course, and I took a score back with 
me in my ramshackle car. To make a little profit no doubt ;-)


-- 
Thomas

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