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Wine barrels

 Subject

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = CW

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Riddle entitled 'An Togsaid', c1862

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW112/32
Scope and Contents

Riddle entitled 'An Togsaid' [The Hogshead] in which a hogshead of wine is washed ashore and two men, one with a three gallon vessel and the other with a five gallon vessel are to share it out. The riddle is solved by pouring wine between all three vessels.

Dates: c1862
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Transcription notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael