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GeoffLawes	Any August Songs? (248* d)	RE: Any August Songs?	20 Nov 24
20th August 1867. The Merchant Shipping Act 1867 was passed by the UK Parliament requiring that lime or lemon Juice and other anti-scorbutics must be provided and kept on board ships. This was intended to prevent scurvy amongst ships’ crews. This gave rise to the term “lime-juicers” when referring to British sailors and in the USA this eventually resulted in the term “limey” being used as a slang term for British folk in general. Limey from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limey THE LIME JUICE SHIP Mainsail Café https://mainsailcafe.com/songs/limejuice-ship Many other recordings of ”Lime Juice Ship” on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Lime+Juice+Ship ACCORDING TO THE ACT - Hughie Jones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hm3wRrB2E0 According to the Act from The Ballad Index http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/FaE042.html

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