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click on the link in the show notes. The tradition of giving the pretty much the conditions on a ship were horrible

it was extremely dangerous

and there was a good chance you weren't even on the ship voluntarily

to compensate for the miserable conditions which sailors were subject to

they were given copious amounts of

alcohol. At first British sailors were given beer. The beer allotment on a ship was one

gallon of beer or eight pints per day per sailor. I should also note that these were

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