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cruiskeen (KROOSH-keen) - (Ire. & Scot.) a small bottle or jug for holding liquor.
Best known in English in the phrase cruiskeen lawn (from Irish cruiscín lán), "full little jug":
(lyrics) From Irish cruiscín as well as Scottish Gaelic crūisgean, apparently from Middle Dutch(!) croeskijn, diminutive of croese/crose, jug/pitcher -- with, apparently, the liquor understood, because what else would you be putting in there? Or something like that.
---L.
Best known in English in the phrase cruiskeen lawn (from Irish cruiscín lán), "full little jug":
(lyrics) From Irish cruiscín as well as Scottish Gaelic crūisgean, apparently from Middle Dutch(!) croeskijn, diminutive of croese/crose, jug/pitcher -- with, apparently, the liquor understood, because what else would you be putting in there? Or something like that.
---L.
