Hot corn Cold corn by F & S

[ngzcaz]

In my quest for knowledge, I would truly
like to know if there is such a thing as a
demijohn or is it just a tongue twister they
threw in ?

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[TonyP.]

I refer you to: http://members.aol.com/pristis/

[BenE]

Yes there is a such thing as a demijohn. Usually a clay or earthen jug used to hold corn squeezins.....Around these parts they usually use milk jugs! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[garyblanchard]

You may bid on your very own demijohn - and there's a lot more where these came from.

Ebay demijohn (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=13910&item=3292480161&rd=1)

[Jim M.]

And once it's empty, you can play jug band tunes with it. Though if it's filled with moonshine, you might have trouble standing http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[sunburst]

TonyP,
Enjoyed the link. Tho it mentions it, the pictures don't show the "basket" woven around the bottle like I was expecting.
I have a friend who collects demijohns, his first and middle names are Earl Reno, do you think his father was a bluegrass fan?
The ones in his collection, for the most part, have the "basket" around the lower part and look nice and rustic on the shelves in his log cabin.

By the way, around here they use plastic jugs, but the "good stuff" is in mason jars.

[mandopete]

See now, I always thought a demi-john was just a small outhouse for use when camping at a bluegrass festival.

[Moose]

"An earthen vessel used for transporting, storing and/or the various other purposes of the refreshing drink now commonly known as "generic liqour". - not to be confused with "slopjar", "bedpan" or... "portable-bedside toilet". http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[Frank Russell]

I think when she and Bruce Willis split up, she sold the Demijohn. Frank

[TonyP.]

Glad you liked it sunburst. I started to explain and then thought, what the heck? Early on I played with a banjo player that the band did the song in question and I asked him about a demijohn. I thought it also was something that had gotten slurred. He, being a scientist at Livermore Labs, gave me quite a extensive explanation including a history etc. It really helps to know some of the meanings of this stuff. Out here in CA where people like my Grandpa(who also played mando as a boy) who had firsthand experience with a demijohn, are leaving this world in droves it seems. History of "common" stuff is going away fast. Meanwhile we try to hang on to a tradition that is not firsthand. I miss my Grandpa.

[strumNgrin]

I've heared bands/singers sing this song & say "Jimijohn" also (Like the recording by Don Reno & Bill Harrell).

[Moose]

"...see Uncle Bill just 'a rearin' an' a pitchin'.. ; farewell Uncle Bill, see ya' in the mornin'." - hee.. hee.. - On the Carnegie Hall recording Josh takes a break on dobro that lites me up like a Christmas tree...!! - every time I listen to THAT!!. Josh Graves is to dobro.., what the late-great Jimmy Day is to pedal steel ; I believe it's sometimes labelled "soul".. Just my .02. Moose. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif

[bratsche]

not to be confused with "slopjar", "bedpan" or... "portable-bedside toilet". http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

No, I believe that would be this (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1349&item=3294637640&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW) one! ;-)

bratsche

[Moose]

Bratsche : Correct!! - Thanks for the more "detailed'- and accurate - description!! hee.. hee.. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif

[Willie]

I`ve got two of those "demijohns" one is empty the other still has some "stuff" in it and the cork is broken off, probably by someone that was trying to get to that "horrible" liquid inside...I don`t dare unplug it for fear that it might explode...It is probably forty years old by now....Willie

[strumNgrin]

OK Willie, I double dare you to pop the cork & take a sip.
Daryl
P.S. Have you got a living will?