Separating beaker

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Sturzbecher, approx. 1550–70, Cologne

As a stirrup cup (also nightcap or Schlürschluck in Austria also Fluchtachterl , Switzerland Herrgöttli ) is in the drinking culture colloquially the last drink called that at a celebration or other events is drunk at parting. A stirrup cup (literally stirrup glass) describes the process of saying goodbye to guests in the Scottish Highlands such as the alcoholic prelude to a traditional fox hunt and the glasses that go with it.

The name Scheidebecher originally comes from the North German and Westphalian area.

Usage examples

"And since emotions only heal, / don't forget us too, the weak and young, / and how we share the separating beaker today / so share with us - the memory."

- Franz Grillparzer : Words of Farewell , 1843

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Separating beaker. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 14 : R - skewness - (VIII). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1893 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
  2. ^ Words of farewell . In: Grillparzer, Complete Works . Volume 1, Munich (1960-1965), pp. 290-291.