Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—S

Skull

You shall quaff beer out of the skulls of your enemies. (Scandinavian.) Skull means a cup or dish; hence a person who washes up cups and dishes is called a scullery-maid. (Scotch, skoll, a bowl; French, écuelle; Danish, skaal, a drinking-vessel; German, schale; our shell.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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