For part #1 with explanation see here.
"Holy water
There's a reason why the English love their beer so much: Their water wasn't drinkable (at least for many years). Clean and unpolluted water was hard to come by, and beer was considered the safer alternative, even for pregnant women and children. Even the children enjoyed a cup of warm, frothy beer after a hard day's work in the mines. What a time we lived in!
There's a reason why the English love their beer so much: Their water wasn't drinkable (at least for many years). Clean and unpolluted water was hard to come by, and beer was considered the safer alternative, even for pregnant women and children. Even the children enjoyed a cup of warm, frothy beer after a hard day's work in the mines. What a time we lived in!
Beer was considered a safer alternative to water, as the water was boiled during brewing and hops were added, which killed the bacteria and made the beer drinkable. The low-alcohol "small beer" was mainly drunk by children who worked long hours in labor-intensive jobs such as mining. It provided them with liquid and some nourishment at a time when clean water was in short supply."
With that: Happy T-Day! Cheers! And... I have tap-water, just like that. Clean and safe.
And as a child I was PLAYING, not working - aren´t we spoiled?
2 comments:
Interesting story. And yes, my generation is a very lucky one!!!
Yes, we sure are lucky!!!!
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