A barleycorn is a single grain of barley, a unit of one third of an inch, although obsolete, still used as a basis for measurements of shoe sizes.
The British Empire started using Imperial Units around 1825, which is the closest to the units that we still use today (inch, pound, foot, ton, mile, etc.). Before 1825 the British Empire was using English Units, which were very similar to the Imperial Unit, with more units of measurment in between. For example, you had the Digit (3/4 inch), the Finger (7/8 inch), the Hand (4 inches), the Nail (3 digits), the Palm (3 inches). And the inch itself was made up of 3 barleycorns. The barleycorn being the smallest of the English Units
6¼ what? 6¼ leagues = 6¼ leagues × 190,800 inches/league = 1,188,000 inches 6¼ miles = 6¼ miles × 63,360 inches/mile = 396,000 inches 6¼ furlongs = 6¼ furlongs × 7,920 inches/furlong = 49,500 inches 6¼ chains = 6¼ chains × 792 inches/chain = 4,950 inches 6¼ fathoms = 6¼ × 72 inches/fathom = 450 inches 6¼ yards = 6¼ yards × 36 inches/yard = 225 inches 6¼ feet = 6¼ feet × 12 inches/foot = 75 inches 6¼ inches = 6¼ inches × 1 inch/inch = 6¼ inches 6¼ barleycorns = 6¼ inches × ⅓ inch/barleycorn = 2 1/12 inches 6¼ mm = 6¼ mm ÷ 25.4 mm/inch = 125/508 inches ≈ 0.246 inches 6¼ cm = 6¼ cm ÷ 2.54 cm/inch = 2 117/254 inches ≈ 2.46 inches 6¼ m = 6¼ m ÷ 0.0254 m/inch = 246 8/127 inches ≈ 246.06 inches 6¼ km = 6¼ km ÷ 0.0000254 km/inch = 246,062 126/127 inches ≈ 246,063 inches You need to specify the units of the 6¼ before the correct conversion can be given.
The Barleycorn was created in 1971.
Edward Barleycorn was born in 1891.
Edward Barleycorn died in 1978.
William Barleycorn was born in 1848.
William Barleycorn died in 1925.
1 inch is 3 barleycorn.
john barleycorn is a old slang term for booze
John Barleycorn has written: 'The Irish demand' 'Ireland'
Since 1066, there have been 3 inches in one barleycorn. Therefore, one barleycorn is equal to 1/3 = 0.3 recurring (that is, 0.33333...) inches.
John Barleycorn Must Die was created in 1970-04.
Battling for Barleycorn - 1925 was released on: USA: 1 October 1925
John Barleycorn isn't an actual person. It is slang for booze, used during the time of prohibition.