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Old 19 Sep 2007, 14:11   #17895
mszee
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Originally Posted by AndyK View Post
It's an old english unit of volume Zina, beer, wine and butter used to be sold in barrels of varying sizes, named after their volume. A Firkin is approx 40 litres. For once wikipedia is fairly accurate ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firkin
Thank you, my friend...I think now Frog and Firkin in the sticks is even more funny...
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