Snockered ? Inebriated, binge, tear, jag, soaked, wine-bibber, sot, tipple, cry in your beer, in his cups,soused,three sheets to the wind, etc. and then there's moonshine, hootch, booze, hair of the dog, bathtub gin, little brown jug, applejack, corn liquor, hard cider, etc. Just to mention a few of the older ones, many from our hardy German pioneers. Norma Tom Daniels wrote: > > Norma I haven't heard the word snockered in a very, very long time. > My g grandfather Adam HERWEHE was; of course, German and he used to brew and > bottle his own beer and even root beer for the children. I know that he > also made his own liquor which my gramma said was for medicinal purposes > only. Yeah, sure! But the recipe was never handed down. What a loss! > Mickey in Iowa > -----Original Message----- > From: Norma Lewis <norie@localaccess.com> > To: VAAUGUST-L@rootsweb.com <VAAUGUST-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Wednesday, January 27, 1999 6:19 PM > Subject: Re: [VAAUGUST-L] Tobacco, hemp & liquor... > > >I'd like to read a discussion on moonshine. Remember "The Waltons" and the > >little old ladies with the "recipe". I think that was very real. Our > ancestors > >valued good liquor, it was a spcecialty handed down in families. They used > it > >for many things besides getting snockered. It was a the number 1 medicine > for > >many years, hundreds probably. It was an antiseptic even before they knew > >about such things. It is used for its yeast properties in some baking, > fruit > >cake needs it for flavor, and everybody laughs about passing the same > >fruitcake around every Christmas, but they don't know anything about real > >fruit cake. The dried fruit you buy in the store is nothing like what they > >used to dry at home and put into these cakes. Yes, let's have a moonshine > >discussion. Of course, the recipe is only as good as the equipment too. > >Norma > > > >DVS1119@aol.com wrote: > >> > >> When I belonged to a NC list last year, they got into a big discussion on > >> moonshine and even gave a recipe. It was quite interesting on how the > >> families had handed it down and how they made it. > >> > >> Doris > >> > >> ==== VAAUGUST Mailing List ==== > >> **************************************************************** > >> The Augusta County mailing list page has instructions on how to > >> subscribe and unsubscribe from the list > >> Visit it at: > >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapulask/augustaquery/augustalist.htm > >> *************************************************************** > > > > > >==== VAAUGUST Mailing List ==== > >**************************************************************** > > Visit the Augusta County VAGenWeb Site at: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaaugust/ > >**************************************************************** > > ==== VAAUGUST Mailing List ==== > **************************************************************** > The Augusta County mailing list page has instructions on how to > subscribe and unsubscribe from the list > Visit it at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapulask/augustaquery/augustalist.htm > ***************************************************************