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[Don Bowen KI6DIU <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>]

At 12/20/2007, you wrote:
> > Ladies-in-waiting at the court of Henry VII were allowed a gallon
> > of beer
> > for breakfast alone.
>
> One might conjecture that this made the ladies both voluptuous and
> compliant.

I have a book I will give you the next time we visit over a glass of good 
brew.
"You Brew Good Beer: A History of Small-Scale Brewing"

It is about the small scale brewing of England.  Most was in the Abbys and 
the daily allotment sometimes was over three gallons.  Remember the portly 
Friar Tuck of Robin Hood legend?


Don Bowen              Awl Knotted Up                       KI6DIU
http://www.braingarage.com