I know what a "Firkin" is

[gtr-gaz]

Does anyone else know or can make a guess?



Answer at 6pm

[nervous]

firkin impossible to guess?

[Tunnelmeister]

A 9 gallon barrell of beer...

>> Edited by Tunnelmeister on Friday 10th February 17:25

[dmitsi]

I think there are a couple of definitions.

[bluespanner]

or just a unit of measurement.

[s2art]

Arnt there two fiskins, a big one and a little one. The little one being two quarts.

[Tunnelmeister]

dmitsi said:

I think there are a couple of definitions.

Ok, the other one is a small woodedn Keg...

[minimax]

s2art said:

Arnt there two fiskins, a big one and a little one. The little one being two quarts.

from memory the smaller one is called a kilderkin

[dmitsi]

Tunnelmeister said:

dmitsi said: I think there are a couple of definitions. Ok, the other one is a small woodedn Keg...

I was thinking there was something else, so I would probably have been wrong.

[maxf]

I dont know, but I know what a Mirkin is!

[DieselJohn]

maxf said:

I dont know, but I know what a Mirkin is!

The Mirkin and Firkin would have been a great name for a pub. Shame you don't get them anymore.

[alfaman]

Its a volume measurement for Beer ( barrel = 36 gallons or 288 pints )

Its a 9 gallon container of beer ( 1/4 barrel )

>> Edited by alfaman on Friday 10th February 17:37

[anonymous-user]

It's half a kilderkin.

[minimax]

stovey said:

It's half a kilderkin.

give minimax a coconut


actually don't according to popular belief on here a kilderkin is twice a firkin.

hey ho

>> Edited by minimax on Friday 10th February 17:45

[klassiekerrally]

I hate these kind of questions!
Last week I learnt what a 'womb' is, so I thought that I now could handle almost any english sentence
And then you turn up and present us this word...!

[samwilliams]

apparently, the exact volume of a firkin varied depending on the product. 8 gallons of ale, 9 gallons of beer, or 10.5 gallons of salmon. All of them were still half a kilderkin.

Sam

[jimothy]

DieselJohn said:

maxf said: I dont know, but I know what a Mirkin is! The Mirkin and Firkin would have been a great name for a pub. Shame you don't get them anymore.

I remember the Fuzz and Firkin so I guess this is the stage before the Mirkin and Firkin...

[cross-eyed-twit]

theres a pub in Chelmsford called the Wig and Mirkin. The wig goes on yer 'ed and the Mirkin... well use your imagination.

[gtr-gaz]

Well, a few of you are on the right lines!

A "firkin" is a standard British measurement of excess, which has been around for hundreds of years.
i.e: It's too firkin heavy. It's too firkin big.



Come on people, you did'nt expect a serious answer on a Friday, did you?

[anonymous-user]

A firkin is firkin well half a firkin kilderkin!