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The Curiosities of Ale & Beer: An Entertaining History by John Bickerdyke

2 by John Bickerdyke, Bickerdyke, John, 1858-1933, Dixon, J. M., active 1889, Fennell, J. G. (John Greville), 1807-1885

Chapter 2: CHAPTER I.

Chapters

Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Chapter 2 CHAPTER I.
Chapter 3 CHAPTER II.
Chapter 4 CHAPTER III.
Chapter 5 CHAPTER IV.
Chapter 6 CHAPTER V.
Chapter 7 CHAPTER VI.
Chapter 8 CHAPTER VII.
Chapter 9 CHAPTER VIII.
Chapter 10 CHAPTER IX.
Chapter 11 CHAPTER X.
Chapter 12 CHAPTER XI.
Chapter 13 CHAPTER XII.
Chapter 14 CHAPTER XIII.
Chapter 15 Introduction. — Value to the Working Classes. — Anecdotes. — “A Pot of
Chapter 16 CHAPTER XIV.
Chapter 17 CHAPTER XV.
Chapter 18 CHAPTER I.
Chapter 19 PROLOGUE.
Chapter 20 CHAPTER II.
Chapter 21 2. 712.).
Chapter 22 CHAPTER III.
Chapter 23 CHAPTER IV.
Chapter 24 CHAPTER V.
Chapter 25 1641. Received of the Vintner at the Catt in Queene
Chapter 26 1644. Received of three poor men, for drinking on the
Chapter 27 1648. Received from Isabel Johnson, at the Cole Yard, for
Chapter 28 1655. Received of a Mayd taken in Mrs. Jackson’s Ale-house
Chapter 29 1658. Received of Joseph Piers, for refusing to open his
Chapter 30 CHAPTER VI.
Chapter 31 CHAPTER VII.
Chapter 32 1741. A writer at that date says:—“The Ale-wives, whose province of
Chapter 33 CHAPTER VIII.
Chapter 34 CHAPTER IX.
Chapter 35 CHAPTER X.
Chapter 36 CHAPTER XI.
Chapter 37 CHAPTER XII.
Chapter 38 CHAPTER XIII.
Chapter 39 Chapter V. The Glastonbury Peg Tankard, illustrated in the cut, is made
Chapter 40 CHAPTER XV.

Chapter 2: CHAPTER I.

Suppression of Beer-shops in Egypt 2,000 B.C. — Brewing in a Teapot. — Ale Songs. — Distinctions between Ale and Beer. — Ale-Knights’ objection to Sack. — Hogarth and Temperance. — Importance of Ale to the Agricultural Labourer. — Sir John Barleycorne introduced to the Reader . . . 1

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