3 ms·
Erasmus Darwin wrote in "A Plan for the Conduct of Female Education, in Boarding Schools": "For the drink of the more robust children water is preferable, a
by vba616 5y ago
Erasmus Darwin wrote in "A Plan for the Conduct of Female Education, in Boarding Schools":
"For the drink of the more robust children water is preferable, and for the weaker ones, small beer..."
Sounds rather...Darwinian.
- animal531 5y agoThat's perhaps from the days when water wasn't quite as clean as it could be, and other drinks were preferred.
- throwaway984393 5y agoBeer is basically liquid bread, so it's nutritious (or at least has calories). Small beer has low alcohol so you don't get drunk