Wayne wrote:
> "Felice Friese" > wrote in
> news:bjh5d.259013$mD.65463@attbi_s02:
>
>
>>"Jack Schidt®" > wrote in message
. com...
>>
>>>Check out this site for some Jake Leg tunes:
>>>http://www.ibiblio.org/moonshine/drink/jakesongs.html
>>>
>>>Jack Moonshine
>>
>>Fantastic! What I can't understand is why, at an Advanced Old Age and
>>with a mother from an Old Southern Family, I never ever heard of
>>jakeleg. Maybe we were too genteel. But I DO remember downing "grain
>>and grape juice" in my misspent youth.
>>
>>Felice
>
>
> Heh, my mother was also from an Old Southern Family, and genteel to boot,
> but there was still occasional talk about some town ne'er-do-well who had
> developed jake-leg after getting some bad moonshine. It was a very small
> town, and people (genteel or not) loved tot alk.
>


"Jake-leg" was a very specific problem during Prohibition caused by
triorthocresyl phosphate added to a patent medicine called Jamaican
Ginger. It's not something you would get from bad moonshine -- at least
not since about 60 or 70 years ago.

They were probably talking about someone who was too drunk to walk and
used the term incorrectly.

I just learned about this today. Thanks Jack for bringing it up.

Best regards,
Bob