To: vannrox
If I read this article correctly, the gin craze that paralyzed Britain in the 1740's bypassed Scotland. The Scots were drinking other things for other reasons.
4 posted on
02/19/2004 1:43:25 PM PST by
Publius
(Die Erde ist gewaltig schön, doch sicher ist sie nicht.)
To: Publius
Yea, they rightly saw that gin is the devils urine!
5 posted on
02/19/2004 1:45:57 PM PST by
Axenolith
(Politicians lie. If they told the truth, the voters would vote for their lying opponents.)
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