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Thread #45149 Message #672694
Posted By: Les from Hull
20-Mar-02 - 01:01 PM
Thread Name: CS:Drop of Nelson's Blood - Rum or Brandy
Subject: RE: CS:Drop of Nelson's Blood - Rum or Brand
I can't imagine that there would be much rum in Nelson's fleet, Liz. The mediterranean ships would be on wine (Mistela, 'Miss Taylor') and the channel fleet ships on small beer. Until somebody provides me with a decent source for this story, I'll treat it as the myth in undoubtedly is. But it is a nice story, and a drop of Nelson's Blood never did me any harm!