- Look up
barleycorn in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Barleycorn may
refer to: A
grain of
barley Barleycorn (unit) a unit of length,
equal to one-third...
- "John
Barleycorn" is an
English and
Scottish folk song. The song's
protagonist is John
Barleycorn, a
personification of
barley and of the
alcoholic beverages...
- 1⁄2 to 2⁄3 in or 1+1⁄2 to 2
barleycorns, so to
determine the shoe size
based on
actual foot
length one must add 2
barleycorns. A child's size zero is equivalent...
- and thus of the acre, an
important unit of area. The
notion of
three barleycorns composing an inch
certainly predates this statute, however, appearing...
- The
Barleycorn (also
written as The
Barley Corn) was an
Irish traditional music and
rebel music band. The band,
consisting of
Paddy McGuigan, Liam Tiernan...
- John
Barleycorn Must Die is the
fourth studio album by
English rock band Traffic,
released in 1970 as
Island ILPS 9116 in the
United Kingdom,
United Artists...
-
Barleycorn is an
English surname.
Notable people with the
surname include:
Edward Barleycorn (1891–1978),
Equatoguinean politician Napoleon Barleycorn...
- John
Barleycorn is an
autobiographical novel by Jack
London dealing with his
enjoyment of
drinking and
struggles with alcoholism. It was
published in 1913...
-
William Napoleon Barleycorn (1848–1925), born in
Santa Isabel,
Fernando Po,
Spanish Guinea and a Krio
Fernandino of Igbo descent, was a
Primitive Methodist...
- the
barleycorn.
After 1066, 1 inch was
equal to 3
barleycorns,
which continued to be its
legal definition for
several centuries, with the
barleycorn being...
