THE SWALLOW.

 
Superstitious Customs and Beliefs. 
For one that is or will be dronken. Take swallowes and burne them, and make a powder of them; and give the dronken man thereof to drinke, and he shall never be dronken hereafter. 
 
 

CARE AND SORROW

Quote:Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at all times, and in all countries, called in some physical aid to their moral consolations — wine, beer, opium, brandy, or tobacco.

Author:Edmund Burke 1729-1797, British Political Writer, Statesman