Now that really was a hard one, so no shaking fist this time.
:thumbup:
Well done indeed everyone. :clap:
There's a really easy one coming next so, if you haven't
had a name check yet, keep checking in.
It doesn't matter if someone else gets in before you,
just
name the name. :thumbup:
Hah, perhaps that would have been a better thread title...
. . . . . . ."Name the Name"
That's the name of the game, folks. :lol:
izzi.
Thundercat.
Squire Fulwood.
Brief history. of the "Quaich. (adaptation)
A Quaich is a special kind of shallow two-handled drinking cup or bowl. It derives from the Gaelic word Cuach meaning a cup.
According to the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica, the Quaich was inspired by the low silver bowls with two flat handles
frequently used as bleeding vessels in England and The Neherlands in the 17th century. Another popular theory suggest the shape is derived from scallop shells.
However, this seems to have had its origins in the now discredited 'Poems of Ossian'.
In his 1955 Monograph 'Some Scottish Quaichs', richard L. McCleneahan, an American collector, suggests alternatively that Quaichs evolved directly from medieval Mazers.
Traditionally they are made of wood, an artform known as 'treen'. Quaichs often have different colours and are supported by hoops. They are generally fitted with two, and, more rarely, three or four short projecting handles. In addition to wood, they are made of stone, brass, pewter, horn, and silver.
The latter were often engraved with lines and bands in imitation of the staves and hoops of the wooden Quaichs.
Ages ago, in some parts of Scotland - Ireland too I understand - barrels of 'the cathur' - whisky - were setup outside inns and 'watering holes'.
A traveller was welcome to take as many 'stirrup' cups as he wished, using his own cup of course, as long as he kept tally and paid the innkeeper at the end of his 'Quaff'. He'd tell the innkeeper that his quaff was four fingers of whisky, or six or eight or one or twenty. Of-course, the word 'Quaff' quickly became 'Quaich' in Gaelic Dialect.
In more recent times, Quaichs have become a popular traditional Christening or Wedding gifts especially in Scotland.
The link to weddings is often attributed to James VI of Scotland who in 1589 is reputed to have presented Anne of Denmark with a Quaich as a
loving cup before their wedding, a symbol that the couple were 'quaffing' together, both trusted each other enough to drink from the same cup.
The link to Christenings and Baptisms can be traced back to historic times when Quaichs were sometimes used as a baptismal font and have become synonymous ever since with Christenings in Scotland. A Quaich is often passed around and ceremoniously drunk from to honour and celebrate the new addition to the church family and to indicate all in the room are trusted friends.
So they're you go, you've each been presented with a Special Award, and, a "Loving Cup" into the bargain.
After all that, I hope everything's in the correct order. :crazy:
willie.
