The Drunken Gauger

Featured on "Toss the Feathers" album

The story behind this Celtic melody

A ‘gauger’ was a man whose job it was to monitor public houses to insure that various sized drinks were served in vessels of accurate measure: i.e. that a pint drink served actually measured a full pint, etc.

Such intense scrutiny of the serving of alcohol would undoubtedly be a thirsty business, perhaps helped along by a hopeful or sly publican if the measure might be short....