On Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at 11:03:56 PM UTC-4, wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Apr 2018 17:23:40 -0700 (PDT), lenona wrote:
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> >"Early American Beverages were overwhelmingly alcoholic
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> Because they DIDN'T have easy access to clean water.

I know, but one thing puzzles me. Any detailed account of the Mayflower voyage says that even the children had to drink beer after a while. Wouldn't everyone have been close to dying of thirst as a result, by the time they landed? (Alcohol is very diuretic, for those who don't know.)


Lenona.