11. The word was used by friends of John Barleycorn to sneer at temperance forces inveighing against the users of alcohol. 12. He returned to the Black Country around 1855, and became proprietor of the Hop & Barleycorn Inn, Coseley. 13. Barleycorn became firm favourites when they were the resident bands at a pub on the Expo88 grounds in Brisbane, Australia.14. The local Imperial Governor instructed Mr . Grandours to guard a tower, filled with various treasures, including the magic barleycorns . 15. The drunk was " genial and demonstrative " and " laying off about Karl Marx and John Barleycorn with equal enthusiasm ". 16. The English statute notwithstanding, the barleycorn was also frequently taken as a measure of length equal to 1 / 4 inch. 17. Winwood's group Traffic were working on " John Barleycorn Must Die " at Island Studios at the same time. 18. The inch ( ynce ) was defined to be the length of 3 barleycorns , which is very close to its modern length. 19. The village pub, The Barleycorn , reopened under new owners as the Barleycorn House Bed and Breakfast in 2006 with five bedrooms. 20. The village pub, The Barleycorn, reopened under new owners as the Barleycorn House Bed and Breakfast in 2006 with five bedrooms.
