Fw: hippie trivia question

[Laurence Horn]

At 6:51 AM -0500 3/11/04, Page Stephens wrote:
>I received this in the mail from a friend of mine.
>
>Anyone know the answer?
>
>Page Stephens
>
>Thirty (35?) years ago, everyone I knew had a "wineskin"...a suede,
>leather, or synthetic cover over a neoprene or butyl rubber bladder,
>with a shoulder cord and a screw lid/spout.  You may remember these.
>
>People used them to transport wine (I am talking about Boone's Farm,
>Ripple, Gallo, etc. rather than Chateau d'Yquem) to public events
>where bottles were not allowed but personal searches were rather
>cursory.
>
>What did we call it?  I vaguely recall it had another name from
>(Mexican) Spanish...?
>
>If you look it up online now, it is now being marketed as a  "bota."
>I am pretty sure that is a newer name.  My Babelfish translator
>renders "bota" as an adjective meaning "dull."  The diminutive form
>"botilla" is a bootee.
>
>Please let me know if your memory from that era has fared better
>than mine.  If not, well, peace and love to you anyway.
>
It was "bota bag" for my and my set.  (Talk about buzzwords!)

Larry Horn