The joug or scottish pint () was a
Scottish unit of liquid volume measurement that was in use from at least 1661 – possibly as early as the 15th century – until the early 19th century, approximately equivalent to 1696 mL or roughly three imperial pints.
The standard was held at
Stirling
Stirling (; sco, Stirlin; gd, Sruighlea ) is a city in central Scotland, northeast of Glasgow and north-west of Edinburgh. The market town, surrounded by rich farmland, grew up connecting the royal citadel, the medieval old town with its me ...
and thereby called the Stirling Jug. It went astray in 1745 and its loss was hidden by replacement by a standard pewter jug of roughly the same size. The error was discovered by
Rev Alexander Bryce in 1750, who after a long search found the damaged jug in the attic of a Mr Urquhart, a coppersmith in Stirling, and restored the standard.
Bakers used the measure until the late 19th century.
* One joug was sixteen
Scottish gills (of approximately 106 mL each)
* One joug was four
mutchkins (of approximately 424 mL each)
* One joug was two
chopins (of approximately 828 mL each)
* Eight jougs made a
Scottish gallon (approximately 13.568 L)
See also
*
Obsolete Scottish units of measurement
Scottish or Scots units of measurement are the weights and measures peculiar to Scotland which were nominally replaced by English units in 1685 but continued to be used in unofficial contexts until at least the late 18th century. The system was ...
References
{{Reflist
Scottish Weights and Measures: Capacity from SCAN
Obsolete Scottish units of measurement
Units of volume
Alcohol measurement