Hi Brokenarrow
So sorry for your loss. There is a tradition in my family to drink from a quaich (pronounced kway - and then the che portion from the word quiche - the egg dish). Its a Scotts friendship bowl, everyone in the family gets one at some point in their lives (usually their wedding). When presented with it you have to fill it with scotch (whisky that is) and as you sip from it you remember those who you love and hold dear. Before you drink you have to publicly announce "I drink from the quaich to friends and family, present and absent", you then sip, remember who you want to remember and then the quaich is passed on to the next person who sips and remembers and so on until the everyone has sipped and the whisky is all drunk. I guess the idea is that in sharing the scotch all get to share in the comraderie of family and friends. It's just a silver bowl really but it has a certain mistique and its a big deal to finally get given one of your own. I'll have a sip from the quaich for you tonight, remembering your family and our friends here on TP.
Cheers Ann Brush

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