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===drinks===
===Drinks===
ale or wine depending upon country
Ale or wine, depending upon country and preference.


===taverns===
===Taverns===
Taverns were open fronted establishments located on the ground floor of buildings (like shops), with benches, stools and a few trestle tables, and kegs of wine or ale tapped for customers.
Taverns were open fronted establishments located on the ground floor of buildings (like shops), with benches, stools and a few trestle tables, and kegs of wine or ale tapped for customers.


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===gaming===
===gaming===
====dicing====
====dicing====
Playing (gambling) dice games was a popular pasttime at taverns
Playing (gambling) [[dice games]] was a popular pastime at taverns.


====Wassail====
====Wassail====
A popular drinking game with the english, which probably gave them a reputation as either big drinkers or drunkards in foreign countries.
A popular drinking game with the [[English]], which probably gave them a reputation as either big drinkers or drunkards in foreign countries.

Revision as of 15:29, 5 January 2004

Drinks

Ale or wine, depending upon country and preference.

Taverns

Taverns were open fronted establishments located on the ground floor of buildings (like shops), with benches, stools and a few trestle tables, and kegs of wine or ale tapped for customers.

If a drinker could not pay for his drink, the barkeeper would take articles of clothing instead, like a pawnbroker.


gaming

dicing

Playing (gambling) dice games was a popular pastime at taverns.

Wassail

A popular drinking game with the English, which probably gave them a reputation as either big drinkers or drunkards in foreign countries.