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An Irish pottery water jug

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A jug is a container for liquid, with a handle and an opening for pouring or drinking from. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 1906 KB) Piece of Irish Pottery Craft Created by Kglavin 3 Feb 2005 File links The following pages link to this file: Jug (container) Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 1906 KB) Piece of Irish Pottery Craft Created by Kglavin 3 Feb 2005 File links The following pages link to this file: Jug (container) Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Unfired green ware pottery on a traditional drying rack at Conner Prairie living history museum. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 1833 KB) Piece of Irish Pottery Craft Created by Kglavin 3 Feb 2005 File links The following pages link to this file: Jug (container) Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 1833 KB) Piece of Irish Pottery Craft Created by Kglavin 3 Feb 2005 File links The following pages link to this file: Jug (container) Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to...

In American English usage, a jug is a large container with a narrow mouth and handle for liquids. English language spread in the United States. ...

In British English, and generally in English speaking countries outside North America, usage, a jug is any container with a handle and a mouth or spout for liquid. Dialect areas of England British English (BrE) is a term used to differentiate between the form of the English language used in the British Isles and those used elsewhere. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ...

A ewer is a water jug; a pitcher is a jug with an extended spout; and a jug designed for the heating of liquid is called a kettle. Ewer (reverse, middle) as cult instrument, in this coin celebrating the pietas of the Roman Emperor Herennius Etruscus. ... A kettle is a kitchenware piece. ...

Some sport trophies take the form of a jug, for example: Some trophies seen in the London Irish clubhouse at Sunbury in 2002. ...

As a religious symbol, a broken jug represents a loss of innocence. The Americas Cup trophy The Americas Cup (originally the 100 Guineas Cup, then the America Cup ) is the most famous and most prestigious competition in the sport of yachting, and the oldest active trophy in international sports, predating the FA Cup by two decades and the Modern Olympics... The Champions Belt & The Claret Jug. ... The Little Brown Jug is a harness race for three-year-old pacing standardbreds hosted by the Delaware County Agricultural Society since 1946 at the County Fairgrounds in Delaware, Ohio. ... Innocence is a term that describes the lack of guilt of an individual, with respect to a crime. ...

claret jug: Information from Answers.com (505 words)
	The Claret Jug is the popular name of The Golf Champion Trophy, the winner's trophy in The Open Championship, (often called the "British Open"), one of the four men's major championships in the sport of golf.
	The awarding of the Claret Jug dates from 1872, when a new trophy was needed after Young Tom Morris had won the original Championship Belt outright in 1870 by winning the Championship three years in a row.
	The Claret Jug has twice appeared on commemorative £5 Scottish banknotes issued by the Royal Bank of Scotland: first in 2004, for the 250th Anniversary of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club, then in 2005, the jug is shown held by Jack Nicklaus to mark his retirement.

Coleman 5 Gallon Water Container - Ford at Off-Road.com (690 words)
	With the square shape of the container, the Coleman 5 Gallon Jug fits snugly into corners, but its protruding spigot and handle leads to wasted space, as multiple jugs cannot be stacked upon one another.
	The thin plastic threads on the jug are weak enough that nominal shifts in atmospheric pressure pop it from its threads.
	The jug and other articles within the vehicle were secured well enough that there was no chance of the spigot taking a hit from anything that would have jolted it from its base.

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