For Auld Lang Syne: wot's dis?

Subject: For Auld Lang Syne: What's this??
From: Stonejohn
Date: 05 Nov 99 - 01:12 PM

What's a "pintstop" or "pintstowp"?

Stupid questions are how I got smart.

stj

Subject: RE: For Auld Lang Syne: wot's dis?
From: Melbert
Date: 05 Nov 99 - 02:14 PM

I know a man, his name is Lang
and he has a neon sign
and Mr Lang is very old
so they call it old Lang's sign

Sorry, that reminded me of an old Alan Sherman limerick. Don't know what a pintstop is though. Could it be something like a doorstop, only wetter?

Subject: RE: For Auld Lang Syne: wot's dis?
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 05 Nov 99 - 02:37 PM

Probably a "Pint-Stoup"; A vessel for holding a Scots pint (about 3 imperial pints.)

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary.

Malcolm

Subject: RE: For Auld Lang Syne: wot's dis?
From: emily rain
Date: 05 Nov 99 - 05:11 PM

from the glossary on the tannahill weavers' website:

"pint stowp - a measure of drink"

Subject: RE: For Auld Lang Syne: wot's dis?
From: katlaughing
Date: 06 Nov 99 - 04:17 AM

And do you 'spose that eventually deteriorated into "pit stop" not just as in car racing, but also as an euphemism for going to the john or stopping in for sustenance?