Lip and Leggin

To Lip and Leggin, was a phrase used in Fifeshire relating to drink in a cup or vessel. The person to whom the drink
is offered holds the vessel obliquely, so as to try whether the liquid it contains will at the same time touch the ‘leggin,” or angle at the bottom, and reach the ‘‘lip “ or rim. If it does not, he refuses to receive it, saying, “There’s no a drink there; it’ll no lip and leggin.”

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