Subject: ceithernach 'kern' light infantry skirmisher
Culture: Gaelic Irish
Setting: Ireland 15-17thc
Object: cup
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* National Museum of Ireland -- Archaeology > Medieval Ireland
"Horn mether" "Meadar coirn"
"Wooden four-handled mether" "Meadar ceithrechluasach adhrmaid"
* National Museum of Ireland -- Archaeology > Medieval Ireland
"Wooden four-handled mether 15th/17th century" "Meadar ceithrechluasach adhmaid 15u"/17u" haois"
"Wooden two-handled mether Co. Donegal" "Meadar déchluasach adhmaid Co. Dhún na nGall"
National Museum of Ireland -- Archaeology > Medieval Ireland *
* National Museum of Ireland -- Archaeology > Medieval Ireland
"Mether of alder wood Notice how this mether is carved from a single block of wood.
Try grasping the handles that passed the cup from hand to hand. The raised lip at each corner helped prevent spills."
"Meadar déanta as adhmad fearnóige Tabhair ar aird an chaoi a bhfuil an meadar snoite as aon bhloc amháin adhmaid. Bain traiail as greim a fháil ar na lámha a d'úsáidtí chun an cupán a chur ó dhuine go duine. Chinntigh an liopa ardaithe ag gach cúinne nár doirtíodh aon bhraon."
