Quaich

[jkdesq]

Thanks Glassman and Cajun. I am aware of the history of the quaich. I guess what I want to know if how people use them now. Is it a matter of only using them for Burns Nights, weddings and christenings. Or does anyone use them on a more casual basis.

So, more likely to get toasted on communion wine than others? I didn't know that the alcohol content was higher. What does that say for the fellow who has to chug the leftover wine, so that none remains of the wine that underwent the miracle on the altar. Don't envy the person who has to do that neither from the germ perspective or the risk of a drinking and driving charge on the way home from church.

[macwilkin]

Thanks Glassman and Cajun. I am aware of the history of the quaich. I guess what I want to know if how people use them now. Is it a matter of only using them for Burns Nights, weddings and christenings. Or does anyone use them on a more casual basis.

So, more likely to get toasted on communion wine than others? I didn't know that the alcohol content was higher. What does that say for the fellow who has to chug the leftover wine, so that none remains of the wine that underwent the miracle on the altar. Don't envy the person who has to do that neither from the germ perspective or the risk of a drinking and driving charge on the way home from church.

I have a couple of friends in the St. Louis St. Andrew's Society who drink their whisky out of them all the time, but mostly, I've only seen them used as ceremonial vessels, at Burns Nights, etc. Of course, older wooden ones might be used by reenactors.

Now, as to the wine and the puir sub-deacon who gets to consume what's left -- there's usually not enough to get one drunk (and a DUI), but it can sneak up on you -- been there, done that.

T.