When I worked at the Greene King brewery in Bury St Edmunds in the summer of 1970, the containers were still called kill (kilderkin) (smallest), ferkin (middle) and barrel (largest).
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Kilderkin: cask holding 18 gallons.
Peter Park.
Fulwood
Lancashire
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kinderkin is (I think) a small size of barrel. I am not sure quite how
small. Could that be your word?
Peter King
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Sent: 18 July 2006 22:03
To: Peter Wickham King
Subject: humberkin ( for ale or beer)
To all,
Could you please tell me the meaning of the word 'humberkin'(1630s)?
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