Stirrup cup
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A stirrup cup or dochan doris (frae Scots an Erse Gaelic deoch an dorais [ˈtʲɔx ən̪ˠ ˈt̪ɔɾɪʃ], "drink o the door")[1][2] wis a "parting cup" gien tae horsemen lang syne, afore they gang awa an haed their feet in the stirrups o thair horse.[3] It was often gien free o charge an can describe the cup that sic a drink is served in.[4]
It is forby the traditional drink (maistlins a dram o port or sherry) served at the meet afore a traditional foxhunt.[5]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Dictionary of the Scots Language:: SND :: deochandorus". Retrieved 14 September 2020.
DEOCHANDORUS, n. Also deoch an doras, dochan doris, douchandorus, doch-an-dorrach, -och, deuchandorach, -dorish, -a-dorris, deughandoresh. A stirrup-cup. Also used in Ir. Gen.Sc.
- ↑ McMahon, Sean McMahonSean; O'Donoghue, Jo O'DonoghueJo (2006). "Deoch an dorais". Brewer's Dictionary of Irish Phrase & Fable (in Inglis). Chambers Harrap Publishers. doi:10.1093/acref/9780199916191.001.0001/acref-9780199916191-e-1596.
- ↑ stirrup cup Archived 2012-07-09 at Archive.today
- ↑ Scott, Walter (1830). Waverley Novels. Cadell. p. 114.
- ↑ McCormick, Catherine M. (1996). British-American/American-British: Hippocrene Dictionary and Phrasebook (in Inglis). Hippocrene Books. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-7818-0450-9.
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