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General Interest => Let It Bleed => Topic started by: Froderik on August 20, 2006, 09:06:40 AM

Title: The History of Moonshine
Post by: Froderik on August 20, 2006, 09:06:40 AM

http://science.howstuffworks.com/moonshine4.htm (http://science.howstuffworks.com/moonshine4.htm)

Title: The History of Moonshine
Post by: Anonymous on October 07, 2006, 08:20:54 PM

As I recall a story in the Fox Fire books:

A revenuer was having a hard time locating Rob Roy's still, which he knew was up on the mountain somewhere. He had trekked all up and down the paths and hollers with no luck. Spying a young boy walking along the road, he stopped him and offered him a silver dollar, to tell him which mountain path lead to the notorious still. The boy happily showed him which path to take, and then asked for his silver dollar. "I'll give you the dollar when I return down the mountain", says the revenuer; thinking if the boy had lied, he wouldn't pay him. The boy replied, "I'd rather have it now mister, you aint gonna be coming down."

Title: The History of Moonshine
Post by: Antigen on October 08, 2006, 11:58:57 AM

My dad told me it was about like that. Being a revenuer was the most dangerous job out there. That's one of the things I like about the culture of Pennsytucky; they're right proud of things like that.

Title: The History of Moonshine
Post by: Anonymous on October 08, 2006, 12:05:20 PM

Ha Ha - yeah - we love our black sheep 'roun here!

Let me make a related book recomendation: Shady Grove, by Janice Holt Giles. Its a riot - a laugh on every page - and so true.

Title: The History of Moonshine
Post by: Therion on November 24, 2006, 04:24:44 AM

heroin> moonshine

Title: The History of Moonshine
Post by: Anonymous on November 24, 2006, 08:27:25 AM

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