<Just wondering. Was it the Scot/Irish who innovated the remedy historically known as "moonshine" ? I was told my g-grandfather conjured up some of this moutain dew now and then.>>> EXCELLENT question. Given that the Scot/Irish tended to live up the hollows and on the ridges (maybe like their homeland) and that being where the moonshiners were, I think it very likely that were was a connection. Also, the Scots and Irish are more associated with distilled spirits (Scotch whisky and Irish whisky) than the Germans who drank wine and beer. The question I have is why did the Germans not bring their wine making skills with them. Or the appetite for it. They became Baptist and Methodist instead. -eddie Feminism AIN'T ladylike