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Wow, Bob. Thanks for that! It certainly cleared up a lot for me.
It's funny that in some countries a commonly used word is archaic in others. This has been brought up quite a bit in this thread. Now we have another!
who then pours it into one or more flagons (yes, that's the word, otherwise archaic)
I looked up the definition of flagon on Atomica and, I have to say, I had never heard of that ecclesiastical definition before.
A flagon is quite a common term here and, probably, in Britain too (we having adopted it over time). However, its common use is as a defining measurement of bottles of spirits. A flagon is a half bottle and a nagon a quarter bottle. (Don't ask me where nagon came from!).
Presumably these terms were adopted from the ecclesiastical ritual of mixing water and wine in 'equal' proportions to make a sum total (I do remember from my church going days that some older priests leaned more towards the wine and added only a few drops of water to their spiritual tipple).
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No, but I wouldn't say, "it's bucketting down" either.The only person I ever heard say this was my mother. But she was always coining new words. 
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In Zild the flagon has long been associated with a half-gallon bottle with a screw top typically used for holding beer. [  hanging out -e] Since the demise of the 750ml bottle and its replacement with 330ml cans and bottles, the flagons I've seen in recent years have usually been full of "fill-your-own" sherry, cheap rotgut that only an alcoholic could truly appreciate.
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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...now where is the vessel with the pestle? And who broke the chalice from the palace?  
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Oh Kaye, bean!  Get it?
--Got it.
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the flagons I've seen in recent years have usually been full of "fill-your-own" sherry, cheap rotgut that only an alcoholic could truly appreciate.
And just how many of these have you seen, sir? [Ah-hh, payback is sweet, she said.)
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The difference between Pail and Bucket is, nobody ever kicks the Pail.
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How dear to my heart are the scenes of my childhood
When fond recollection presents them to view
The orchard, the meadow, the deep tangled wildwood,
And ev'ry loved spot which my infancy knew
The wide spreading pond, and the mill that stood by it,
The bridge and the rock where the cataract fell;
The cot of my father, the dairy house nigh it,
And e'en the rude bucket that hung in the well.
The old oaken bucket, the iron bound bucket,
The moss covered bucket that hung in the well.
The moss covered bucket I hailed as a treasure,
For often at noon, when returned from the field,
I found it the source of an exquisite pleasure,
The purest and sweetest that nature can yield.
How ardent I seized it, with hands that were glowing,
And quick to the white pebbled bottom it fell
Then soon, with the emblem of turth overflowing,
And dripping with coolness, it rose from the well.
The old oaken bucket, the iron bound bucket,
The moss covered bucket that hung in the well.
Dear Wordwind: If you use this, avoid the version that has a chorus:
"The old oaken bucket,
bucket,
bucket...
Some wise guy always says: "F-word it"
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nobody ever kicks the Pail
Except the cow.
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Like the cow that started the great fire in Chicago.
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