Speaking of shallow drinking dishes, I wouldn't use them, even before I ever heard of a drinking fountain.

John made me something that we read about.

He used to take a powder keg and bore a little hole in the side, about an inch from the top, then fill it with water, and cover with a pan a little larger round than the keg.
Then he turned the keg upside down, without taking away the pan.

The water ran into the pan only as far as the hole in the keg, and it would have to be used before more would flow in.

Now let us go and see my beautiful, bronze turkeys.