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Some terms for 'hangover' are derived from names for liquor, for example, in Chile a hangover is known as a caña [62] from a Spanish slang term for a glass of beer. [63] Similar is the Irish 'brown bottle flu' derived from the type of bottle common to beer. [64] In German, the hangover is known as a "Kater", literally a tomcat.
Thrimilchi was so called because in that month the cattle were milked three times a day; such at one time, was the fertility of Britain or Germany, from whence the English nation came to Britain. Litha means "gentle" or "navigable", because in both these months the calm breezes are gentle, and they were wont to sail upon the smooth sea.
In the middle voice, the verb means "enter into an agreement", in the sense that the gods are called to guarantee an action. [1] Blood sacrifice was performed to begin a war; spondaí marked the conclusion of hostilities, and is often thus used in the sense of "armistice, treaty."
Aside from the expected alcohol intoxication and subsequent hangover, the effects of drinking torpedo juice sometimes included mild or severe reactions to the poison. In the first part of the Pacific War, U.S. torpedoes were powered by a miniature steam engine burning 180- or higher-proof ethyl alcohol as fuel.
Over the late Middle Ages there is a movement from deep bowls with narrow rims to shallower bowls and much wider rims. [3] In the 13th and 14th century rims tend to be simple and plain, only about 1 cm deep without lettering, 15th and 16th century rims are very characteristic with a very deep (3–4 cm moulded form) often with lettering.
Tripe chorba (Turkish: işkembe çorbası, Romanian: ciorbă de burtă, Bulgarian: шкембе чорба, romanized: škembe čorba, Macedonian: чкембе чорба, romanized: čkembe čorba) is a common dish in Balkan, Eastern European and Middle Eastern cuisines. It is widely (not universally) considered to be a hangover remedy. [4] [5 ...
Prior to the 20th century, this type of minor mischief was confined to the last night in October. Later, the combination of the Great Depression and the escalating threat of war in the 1930s ...
Distilled beverages (also called liquors or spirit drinks) are alcoholic drinks produced by distilling (i.e., concentrating by distillation) ethanol produced by means of fermenting grain, fruit, or vegetables. [36] Unsweetened, distilled, alcoholic drinks that have an alcohol content of at least 20% ABV are called spirits. [37]