A philosophical and statistical history of the inventions and customes of ancient and modern nations in the manufacture and use of inebriating liquors; with the present practice of distillation in all its varieties: together with an extensive illustration of the consumption and effects of opium, and other stimulants used in the East, as substitutes for wine and spirits . he infers, that the supposition of the ancient Irish drinking outof the sculls of their enemies was ridiculous. The term scull, it isaffirmed, was usually given by the Goths to their drinking-vessels,and Dr. Jamieson has ingen
A philosophical and statistical history of the inventions and customes of ancient and modern nations in the manufacture and use of inebriating liquors; with the present practice of distillation in all its varieties: together with an extensive illustration of the consumption and effects of opium, and other stimulants used in the East, as substitutes for wine and spirits . he infers, that the supposition of the ancient Irish drinking outof the sculls of their enemies was ridiculous. The term scull, it isaffirmed, was usually given by the Goths to their drinking-vessels,and Dr. Jamieson has ingeniously argued, that the same appellationwas given to drinking-cups in England and Scotland at a veryremote period ; so the idea of drinking out of these sculls in thesecountries, does not imply barbarism, but a general practice under thatterm. Notwithstanding the plausibility of these arguments, it is morethan probable, that the ancient Irish indulged in libations out of thesculls of their enemies, since so many specimens of these drinkingvessels have been found to exist in the country. The large scull which was converted into a drinking-cup by LordByron, as well as the appropriate verses of his Lordship and Moore on the occasion, may be in the recollection of the reader. The following is a representation of the cups common in Ireland,at an early period,. That the vine ever flourished in Ireland as a plant of generalculture, is questionable ; yet it is asserted by Ledwich and others,that the vineyards were once common in the country ; and an oldcanon, to the following effect, is cited in proof of the assertion :—• If fowl destroy a crop, a vineyard, or garden, enclosed with a hedgeof five feet high, the owner shall mako a recompense ; from whichit has been inferred, that the culture of the grape was once practisedhere on no ordinary scale. The venerable Bede, who flourished aboutthe end of the seventh century, says, that Ireland is pleasantly situ-ated, that it abo
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