Times have changed - when I went to do my first Prac Music Exam Grade 1 - I was very young - my mum got dad to buy a small bottle of brandy and I was give a teaspoonful in milk about 20 mins before.

Sailed thru it!

Whee!

Today they'd call that child abuse.... it was a common 'old wives remedy' for babies who wouldn't settle too... :-)