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A '''naggin''' in Ireland is a 200 mL bottle of [[distilled beverage|spirits]].<ref>{{Cite |url=http://drinkaware.ie/index.php?sid=11&pid=107 |title=How Many Standard Drinks? |accessdate=2 December 2013 |website=DrinkAware.ie}}</ref> Major brands of [[vodka]], [[whiskey]], [[rum]], and less often [[gin]], are commonly sold in this size in [[off licence]]s, especially independent (non-[[chain store|chain]]) shops at a 40% alcohol rate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=1749|title=New Jägermeister 20cl (naggin) launched|date=10 December 2010|work=DrinksIndustryIreland|quote=This size is unique to the Irish off-trade and holds a considerable and growing share of spirit sales - particularly in the independent off-trade.|accessdate=2 December 2013}}</ref> Naggins are more common than half-bottles (350 mL, known as a "double-naggin"), though for the [[long tail|less popular majority]] of products neither size is available, only the 700 mL EU standard bottle size (known as a "shoulder"). The naggin bottle is typically the shape of a large [[hip flask]], suitable for placing in a pocket. |
A '''naggin''' in Ireland is a 200 mL bottle of [[distilled beverage|spirits]].<ref>{{Cite |url=http://drinkaware.ie/index.php?sid=11&pid=107 |title=How Many Standard Drinks? |accessdate=2 December 2013 |website=DrinkAware.ie}}</ref> Major brands of [[vodka]], [[whiskey]], [[rum]], and less often [[gin]], are commonly sold in this size in [[off licence]]s, especially independent (non-[[chain store|chain]]) shops at a 40% alcohol rate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=1749|title=New Jägermeister 20cl (naggin) launched|date=10 December 2010|work=DrinksIndustryIreland|quote=This size is unique to the Irish off-trade and holds a considerable and growing share of spirit sales - particularly in the independent off-trade.|accessdate=2 December 2013|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204001223/http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/article.aspx?id=1749|archivedate=4 December 2013|df=}}</ref> Naggins are more common than half-bottles (350 mL, known as a "double-naggin"), though for the [[long tail|less popular majority]] of products neither size is available, only the 700 mL EU standard bottle size (known as a "shoulder"). The naggin bottle is typically the shape of a large [[hip flask]], suitable for placing in a pocket. |
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According to the [[Oxford English Dictionary]], ''naggin'' is a variant of ''[[wikt:noggin|noggin]]'', a word of uncertain origin recorded from the seventeenth century and meaning a small quantity of alcohol, usually one [[Gill (unit)|gill]] ({{convert|0.25|imppt|mL}}). Tomás S. Ó Máille derives it from the [[Irish language|Irish]] ''naigín, cnaigín'', a small wooden pail with a capacity of two glasses.<ref>Tomás S. Ó Máille, ''Seanfhocla Chonnacht'', Cois Life, 2010, p. 368</ref> |
According to the [[Oxford English Dictionary]], ''naggin'' is a variant of ''[[wikt:noggin|noggin]]'', a word of uncertain origin recorded from the seventeenth century and meaning a small quantity of alcohol, usually one [[Gill (unit)|gill]] ({{convert|0.25|imppt|mL}}). Tomás S. Ó Máille derives it from the [[Irish language|Irish]] ''naigín, cnaigín'', a small wooden pail with a capacity of two glasses.<ref>Tomás S. Ó Máille, ''Seanfhocla Chonnacht'', Cois Life, 2010, p. 368</ref> |
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A naggin in Ireland is a 200 mL bottle of spirits.[1] Major brands of vodka, whiskey, rum, and less often gin, are commonly sold in this size in off licences, especially independent (non-chain) shops at a 40% alcohol rate.[2] Naggins are more common than half-bottles (350 mL, known as a "double-naggin"), though for the less popular majority of products neither size is available, only the 700 mL EU standard bottle size (known as a "shoulder"). The naggin bottle is typically the shape of a large hip flask, suitable for placing in a pocket.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, naggin is a variant of noggin, a word of uncertain origin recorded from the seventeenth century and meaning a small quantity of alcohol, usually one gill (0.25 imperial pints (140 mL)). Tomás S. Ó Máille derives it from the Irish naigín, cnaigín, a small wooden pail with a capacity of two glasses.[3]
Naggins, particularly of cheap vodka, are very popular among youths, under-age drinkers and students. They are often implicated in binge drinking.
The Patron Saint of the Naggin is a much disputed issue. Popular belief is that the guardian of the naggin was a 15th century Abbott, Konor Kullen, also associated with the origin of famous Irish saying 'Yiúldoonáthaahn' (translated as 'thou shalt do nought!'). In truth, Kullen only contributed to the debut of "The Naggin" in popular Irish culture due to his already high profile as the Abbott of Cannes.
In fact, the true Patron Saint of the Naggin is Van de Klinkenbergh, a French local legend who was to be the tenth of the nine secondary patron saints of France with Joan of the parc.[4]. Klinkenbergh was given her title after assisting Joanna of Flanders in the siege of Hennebont [5] where she supposedly fashioned a crude but functionally explosive bomb using just a pair of her own knickers and a naggin of Rachmaninoff vodka. And the rest, as they say, is history[6].
References
- ^ "How Many Standard Drinks?", DrinkAware.ie, retrieved 2 December 2013
- ^ "New Jägermeister 20cl (naggin) launched". DrinksIndustryIreland. 10 December 2010. Archived from the original on 4 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
This size is unique to the Irish off-trade and holds a considerable and growing share of spirit sales - particularly in the independent off-trade.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Tomás S. Ó Máille, Seanfhocla Chonnacht, Cois Life, 2010, p. 368
- ^ http://archive.joan-of-arc.org/
- ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_of_Flanders
- ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History