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Janet

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> 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.
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> 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.)

Look up "small beer"; the usual drink of the time.

Janet UK

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