Mike, The custom of bringing your own mug was also popular in Germany. The usual thing was to have a section of wall for storing the mugs of regular patrons. Bye for now, Roger P.S. I seem to recall having seen this sort of display at the Münchener Hofbrauhaus. ----- Original Message ----- From: "michael purcell" <carlowmike@gmail.com> To: <irl-carlow@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 7:25 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] Fwd: Enquiry from turtlebunbury.com > No stiens........in fact the odd pewter mug on the shelf or hanging on > hooks > ..., although some people brought their own pewter mug or left it behind > the > bar but only for their own use .... .... , heavy to lift (even when empty) > , > thick Imperial Pint frosted-glasses > ( I have a collection)...odd small spirit glasses , some > bowl-shaped...there > was also a small pewter spirit holder called a cropper (hence a cropper of > whiskey , meaning a "half-one" ). two pewter spirit measures, one for a > half-one and larger size for "a glass" ( hence a "half-a-whiskey" or a " > glass of whiskey" ).....bottles usually were of earthenware > variety....there > was a good turn-of-century pub-display in Carlow County Museum , I gave > some > glasses and bottles to that for display....I would suggest contacting the > Abbey Theatre but they rarely reply to enquiries of this nature > On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Turtle Bunbury > <turtle@turtlebunbury.com>wrote: > >> Here's a question for all the pub spies out there ... and I'm afraid I >> don't know the answer! >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >> > From: "" <rtcash@bigplanet.com> >> > Date: 23 March 2010 05:38:40 GMT >> > To: turtle@turtlebunbury.com >> > Subject: Enquiry from turtlebunbury.com >> > Reply-To: "" <rtcash@bigplanet.com> >> > >> > This message was sent from: >> > http://www.turtlebunbury.com/contact.html >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------ >> > NAME: Renee Cash >> > ------------------------------------------------------------ >> > EMAIL: rtcash@bigplanet.com >> > ------------------------------------------------------------ >> > SUBJECT: Enquiry from turtlebunbury.com >> > >> > ------------------------- MESSAGE ------------------------- >> > >> > I am working on the play "playboy of the western world" and I am >> > trying to make the props accurate. Namely the drinkware. Could you >> > help me?? Would they have had glass beer mugs or stiens in a pub >> > circa 1900?? >> > Thank you >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------ >> > >> > >> >> ======================================= >> Before you post a message to the IRL-CARLOW mailing list you must >> subscribe >> to the List. Its FREE! >> --------------------------------------- >> To subscribe to the IRL-Carlow mailing list, send an email to >> IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word "subscribe" (without the >> quotes) in the Subject box. No additional text is required. >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > ======================================= > Before you post a message to the IRL-CARLOW mailing list you must > subscribe to the List. Its FREE! > --------------------------------------- > To subscribe to the IRL-Carlow mailing list, send an email to > IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word "subscribe" (without the > quotes) in the Subject box. No additional text is required. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >