The main reason I asked this question is because I don't really think it is for "drinking" purposes. Perhaps if I just saw the requests for reimbursement in the courts, I could think this, but I've seen these requests being made in church records too! On one page of church notes, you have the parishoners ready to "evict" an individual for public drunkness, or breaking some kind of "drinking" commandment, yet on another page in the very same church book/record, you will find an individual requesting reimbursement from the parishoners/church for a burial and included in said amount of money is the "liquor". Thus the question...What did they use this liquor for?? Thanks!