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by Blazespinnaker 3105 days ago
Didn’t they drink out of wine skins? Cheaper, more sturdy than glass.. and beer was drunk from wooden tankards, 4 pints in size unearthed, probably 2000 years ago in wales.

https://museum.wales/articles/2010-04-01/Ancient-Drinking-Cu...

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>When full, the tankard would have held nearly four pints of beer or cider. It was held in two hands and was probably passed around a group as a communal drinking vessel. //

Like a wassail cup or so.