Comments on: Old Father Grey Beard http://www.bibalu.com/nurseryrhymes/old-father-grey-beard/ The largest Internet collection of lullabies and nursery rhymes. Sun, 10 Apr 2011 09:46:10 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: bibalu http://www.bibalu.com/nurseryrhymes/old-father-grey-beard/comment-page-1/#comment-701 bibalu Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:26:18 +0000 http://www.bibalu.com/?p=1879#comment-701 "Grey Beard" (Greybeard) can refer to an old man or a pitcher for holding spirits. "Finger" could be referring to a way of measuring drinks – when you eyeball it, instead of using exact measurements – you measure on the glass with your two fingers held at the bottom of the glass. A person can ask for two fingers of spirits. Two fingers is roughly equal to a jigger which is 1 ½ ounces. This rhyme is from The Little Mother Goose (1912), illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith. “Grey Beard” (Greybeard) can refer to an old man or a pitcher for holding spirits.
“Finger” could be referring to a way of measuring drinks – when you eyeball it, instead of using exact measurements – you measure on the glass with your two fingers held at the bottom of the glass. A person can ask for two fingers of spirits. Two fingers is roughly equal to a jigger which is 1 ½ ounces.

This rhyme is from The Little Mother Goose (1912), illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.

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