I was thinking that but thought you all might think I was being flippent...I found my gggrandmother's pharm. bill and she was sent a pint of whiskey every week or every other week...I just figured it was to help her with pain or something.....unless they were trying to "pickle" her before...well, never mind... Ann Bartlett -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 10:50 AM Subject: Re: [VAALBEMA-L] "Sprirts" reimbursements |In a message dated 7/14/99 11:31:29 AM Eastern Daylight Time, |[email protected] writes: | |<< Maybe it was used to "pickle" the body!! | | Marcia | | >> |Marcia, now that sounds like something I would say. I always assumed it |meant for the wake, and I assumed that it was billed to the estate of the |deceased. This is a question for the historical writers among us. | | | |==== VAALBEMA Mailing List ==== |REMINDER: Repost your queries periodically (no more than monthly) to make new members aware of your interests. |