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From: "Tracy and David Anderson" <>
Subject: Re: Beer, trivia, etc. on a genealogy list?
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 23:50:28 +1300
References: <001c01c4ce94$af936290$9de60a44@Study> <004401c4ceb5$f648b8e0$a8790650@packard> <00be01c4ceed$6ec08be0$96f92d52@Patricia>
Interesting Patricia. Mine were Iron Mongers who changed tack and started
working as Draymen Brewers.
> Hear hear, Colleen. And going back to the beer trivia, I have several
> ancestors who were blacksmiths, and also later on became beerhouse
> keepers - I am wondering if this occurred through people having their
> horses shod, and the blacksmith offering them a mug of beer while they
> waited, and eventually the beer drinking started to take off in the
> parlour, so that the beer house keeper bit came along as a sort of
> accident. Any thoughts on this?
> Patti
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