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fairyniamh) wrote2025-07-02 12:02 am
fairyniamh) wrote2025-07-02 12:02 am
Quote & Fact...
Quote:
"Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you."
"... I'm much closer to the people at the bottom than the people at the top, and the latter won't forgive me for it."
~ Princess Diana
Facts: Mead
1.) It is Likely the Oldest Alcoholic Beverage on Earth.Evidence of mead fermentation dates back to 7000 B.C.E. in ancient Chinese pottery, predating both wine and beer. The first mead may have been a happy accident when early foragers drank rainwater mixed with fermented honey. Mead’s appeal spread globally, becoming popular with Vikings, Mayans, Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans. (Yes, I have had mead. Not at a Renaissance Festival, but at an Irish Festival in Missouri. It was good and no, the Honey Wine did not give me a headache or make me toss my cookies.)
2.) The Origin of the Honeymoon is because of this drink. Forget oysters—mead was the original aphrodisiac. The term “honeymoon” comes from the medieval tradition of drinking honey wine for a month after marriage, believed to ensure fertility. This practice was taken so seriously that a bride’s father often included a month’s worth of mead in her dowry. (Of course it's considered an aphrodisiac, you spend an entire month drinking and boning.)
"Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you."
"... I'm much closer to the people at the bottom than the people at the top, and the latter won't forgive me for it."
~ Princess Diana
Facts: Mead
1.) It is Likely the Oldest Alcoholic Beverage on Earth.Evidence of mead fermentation dates back to 7000 B.C.E. in ancient Chinese pottery, predating both wine and beer. The first mead may have been a happy accident when early foragers drank rainwater mixed with fermented honey. Mead’s appeal spread globally, becoming popular with Vikings, Mayans, Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans. (Yes, I have had mead. Not at a Renaissance Festival, but at an Irish Festival in Missouri. It was good and no, the Honey Wine did not give me a headache or make me toss my cookies.)
2.) The Origin of the Honeymoon is because of this drink. Forget oysters—mead was the original aphrodisiac. The term “honeymoon” comes from the medieval tradition of drinking honey wine for a month after marriage, believed to ensure fertility. This practice was taken so seriously that a bride’s father often included a month’s worth of mead in her dowry. (Of course it's considered an aphrodisiac, you spend an entire month drinking and boning.)