foot pot

1) Ale giving to workmen at the footing stage of the building of a house.

At different stages during the building of a house the workmen customarily received gifts of ale. The account of the expenses for the house of Luke Eastwood of Meltham contain the following entry: 1812 foot pot... floor pot... and Rearing. In this case the word order suggests that the foot pot referred to drinks given when the wall footings were completed.

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