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Words in the Welsh language, being composed entirely of numerous consonants, continue to confound.
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The twelve-handled mug was originally used in jury rooms. It was grasped by each of the jurors to demonstrate their agreement on a verdict. By custom it was filled with strong mead to help the jurors to relax and, by each taking a drink in turn, heal any wounded feelings resulting from the arguments necessary to reaching the verdict. After the twelfth man had drained the last of the mead they could depart in peace and camaraderie. Tyg is an acronym for twelve yeoman’s gill, a gill being a fluid measure in some districts reckoned as a quarter pint and in others as a half pint.
Thank you! [bow]
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Talk about grand jury duty....
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And it ain't even April Fool's Day!
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Ahh, a tyg for a tyke!
And thanks, dixbie, for that enlightening bit of trivia!
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they could depart in peace and camaraderie
as opposed to a tyg of war
[I tried to resist, honest I did]
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Thanks dxb! Never could have thought of that explanation, I sincerely thought tyg was a loan word from some Nordic language... Live and learn 
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Thanks dxb! Never could have thought of that explanation, I sincerely thought tyg was a loan word from some Nordic language... Live and learn
Is that the Finnish line, Miia? [/oops]
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How bout a poll here? How many of y'all bought dxb's fascinating fable?
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How many of y'all bought dxb's fascinating fable?I did. Totally plausible. Why, is it not true? Dixbie, you wouldn't put us on, would you?
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