[Loch-Ruadh] Strange way to die

[Jane Sitton]

Thanks, Cian.  Now this is REALLY more than I wanted to know.  I don't drink
beer anyway, so at least I won't have these pleasant little thoughts the
next time I raise a mug, but ewwwww....

Madelina

-----Original Message-----
From: giles nemeton [mailto:blakrose at swbell.net]
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 4:51 PM
To: loch-ruadh at ansteorra.org
Subject: Re: [Loch-Ruadh] Strange way to die


the biggest reason i can think of is called
cholera....
when a person dies his bowels and bladder void, and
depending on how full they were would contaminate
quite a large volume of liquid......the urine is
probably almost negligible since urine can be drunk in
small volumes without much danger....however the fecal
matter would be the most deadly (and disgusting)...a
vat of brewing beer might act as a good growth medium
for bacteria...cholera was caused in times past by
locating the midden too close to your source of
drinking water

discussion anyone?    from a knowlegible brewer
perhaps

cian


--- Sam Milligan <padraig_ruad at irishbard.com> wrote:
> Why not?  We would - at least as long as his shoes
> hadn't been too dirty.  Even then it could be
> filtered just a bit to get out the big chunks.   :)
>
> Padraig
>
> Polydore wrote:
>
> >I have an ancestor that drowned in a vat of beer..
> no, I am not kidding,
> >it is in the church records from about 650 years
> ago in Norway.
> >
> >Brings the question to mind... I wonder if they
> drank the beer
> >afterwards???
> >
> >"Sluggy!" wrote:
> >
> >> Steve Rourke wrote:
> >>
> >> > http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/beer.htm
> >>
> >> If I had to choose between drowning in beer or
> drowning in molasses, I
> >> think I'd take my chances with beer...
> >>
> >> Sluggy!