A very similar vessel to the fuddling cup, much beloved by rustic swains of bygone days was called a " Pot Crown, consisting of a hollow ring - shaped base from which rose four cups and four tubes, the latter meeting in the centre, thus forming a rudely - constructed crown; at the apex of the crown there was a single upright tube which was internally connected with the four branch tubes, which in turn were also internally connected through the ring at the base to the bowl of each cup. When the cups were filled with liquor the crown was gingerly placed on the head of the belle of the village, who had previously been seated in a chair. Admirers at once attempted to exercise their skill in emptying the cups, the endeavours of the undesirable ones being easily foiled by the maiden moving her head ever so little until it came to the turn of the lucky one, when she remained as still as a statue, giving him the desired opportunity of draining the contents of the vessel by drawing the liquor up through the centre tube which surmounted the crown, and thereby winning the hand of the coy damsel. There are in the possession of Major Cyril Earle some very dainty pot crowns, light airy ornaments which would grace any maiden's crowning glory with leaves interwoven between the hollow branches which form the tubes.

A correspondent in Notes and Queries recalls an interesting Sussex custom at rural convivial gatherings a hundred years ago which was to fill a wood cup with beer and stand it upon an inverted wooden bowl held in the palm of the hand, then a song was sung with great eclat, the chorus of which ran:

I've been to France and I've been to Dover,
I have been rambling all the world over;
Over, over, over and over,
Drink up your liquor and turn the bowl over,
Over, over, over and over,
The liquor's drunk up and the bowl is turned over.

On the last line being chorused, the cup containing the beer was drained without touching it with the fingers, and tossed in the air to be caught in the lower bowl, which was quickly reversed right way up to catch the cup before it fell to the ground. The author has a record of this custom being in vogue at Sussex feasts as late as 1880.