Skewer (unit)
Spit was a counting measure in German-speaking countries for dead birds . One use of the measure was in trade and hunting . Up to the size of a thrush, the birds were called half birds and above whole birds. The term skewer was derived from the way animals were bundled. A narrow, pointed piece of wood was used for bundling and stuck through the appropriate amount near the bird's neck.
An equivalent measure was the Klupper , also Klubb, for a bunch of birds, but also only applied to the number four. Bandel was also the measure for 4 birds, but for frogs the number was 25.
- 1 spit = 4 whole birds = 8 half birds
literature
- Meyer's Large Conversation Lexicon. Volume 7, Leipzig 1907, p. 325.
- Walter Rieder: 400 years of the Ebensee saltworks. Volume 1, Verlag Rudolf Wimmer, 2006, ISBN 3-90099 876-0 , p. 122. [1] Google book
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 139.
- ↑ Augustin Edmund Engelbrecht: Brief epitome of the most necessary and charitable from nature and human life: for young people in city and country schools. Verlag Friedrich Winkler, Passau 1837, p. 87.