Rechab, after whom the Rechabites were named, appears in the Book of Jeremiah, who lived in the period 600 BC. At that time only beer, from 4,000 BC, and Wine, from 5,000 BC, were available. There were also a number of potables from fruits - apples, pears etc - but not I believe in Israel. Brandy, Gin , Scotch and Vodka were all invented at about 1500 AD. There is I believe only one reference to Beer in the Bible; in Isaiah where people are described as "staggering from beer" and "befuddled from wine", whereas there are several references to wine, as wine was the predominant drink at the time. Beer only became really popular in the Christian era largely though the influence of the monasteries which improved the quality. Listening to the England-Slovakia commentary I am tempted to resort to some. David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Baker" <jon@vectis10w.freeserve.co.uk> To: <HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 1:31 PM Subject: Re: [HantsLife] Rechabites or Reckabites --- Insurance ..definetly not!! > Chris > Never heard it pronounced Reck-a-bites, it was always Rack-a-bites. > What intrigues me now reading some of the history was why the Society > insisted on complete temperance, when Rechab actually only told them to > abstain from wine ;-) > > Jon Baker > Calne, Wiltshire, UK > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Chris & Caroline <chris@chayles.freeserve.co.uk> > To: <HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: 10 June 2003 22:43 > Subject: [HantsLife] Rechabites or Reckabites --- Insurance ..definetly > not!! > > > > RECHABITES_pronounced Reck-a-bites, among the Jews, the descendants of > > Janadab,the son of Rechab, who bound themselves, among other things, to > > abstain from wine; a society of abstainers. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <Pmc248@cs.com> > > To: <HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 8:41 AM > > Subject: [HantsLife] Rechabites or Reckabites --- Insurance ??? > > > > > > > > When I was a small child at Aldershot, Hants. in the 1930s and 1940s, my > > Mother would send me weekly ? to pay the Rechabites, have no idea what > that > > was. > > That could be an incorrect spelling, was it some type of insurance, if > > not > > does anyone know what it was ? > > It seems to me that about the mid- 1940s I didn't have to go pay it > > anymore. > > > > Regards, Pam [ RENNEY ] McKinley, now in > Arizona. > > My names :- ROGERS - REEVES - MALT - CROOK - Hampshire. > > RENNEY - County Durham and anywhere. > > > > > > > > ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== > > Visit Where your ancestors lived..... > > SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~villages > > AND VI > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go > > to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > --- > > All of our Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > And attachments are also scanned before being added. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.486 / Virus Database: 284 - Release Date: 29/05/2003 > > > > ______________________________ > > > ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== > Chris and Caroline Hayles, Eastleigh, Hampshire > List Administrators: HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com > Home of SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~villages > EMAIL: chris@chayles.freeserve.co.uk > > FAMILY WEBSITE: http://www.chayles.freeserve.co.uk > Over 1,600 villages in HAMPSHIRE, BERKSHIRE, DORSET > ISLE OF WIGHT, SURREY, WEST SUSSEX,and WILTSHIRE village history,parish church history, village photographs, and other useful information for genealogy. Lots of links to other useful sites > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >