Comments on: A Drinking Bout in Several Parts (Part 1.5: Ale continued) http://blog.oup.com/2011/03/ale-2/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Sun, 19 May 2013 05:35:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Drinking vessels: 'bumper' | OUPblog http://blog.oup.com/2011/03/ale-2/#comment-324106 Drinking vessels: 'bumper' | OUPblog Wed, 12 Dec 2012 13:30:59 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=14287#comment-324106 [...] time ago, I devoted three posts to alcoholic beverages: ale, beer, and mead. It has occurred to me that, since I have served drinks, I should also take care of [...] [...] time ago, I devoted three posts to alcoholic beverages: ale, beer, and mead. It has occurred to me that, since I have served drinks, I should also take care of [...]

]]> By: Benjamin Slade http://blog.oup.com/2011/03/ale-2/#comment-210969 Benjamin Slade Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:29:08 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=14287#comment-210969 Re: "If ale and alu are related, the nature of the relationship is valid only for Scandinavia." and also in _Beer_ post: "To remind modern readers that in England ale never had the ceremonial glamour associated with it in medieval Scandinavia..." What about the ALU inscription (in "mirror runes") on the 5th century cremation urns in the Spong Hill burial site in Norfolk, England? These would seem to suggest a wider currency for the "magical" sense of alu. Re: “If ale and alu are related, the nature of the relationship is valid only for Scandinavia.” and also in _Beer_ post: “To remind modern readers that in England ale never had the ceremonial glamour associated with it in medieval Scandinavia…”

What about the ALU inscription (in “mirror runes”) on the 5th century cremation urns in the Spong Hill burial site in Norfolk, England?

These would seem to suggest a wider currency for the “magical” sense of alu.

]]> By: OUPblog » Blog Archive » A drinking bout in several parts (Part 2: Beer) http://blog.oup.com/2011/03/ale-2/#comment-209799 OUPblog » Blog Archive » A drinking bout in several parts (Part 2: Beer) Wed, 09 Mar 2011 13:30:13 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=14287#comment-209799 [...] the beginning of the previous post, I promised to say more about some strange names of beverages.  The time has come to make good on [...] [...] the beginning of the previous post, I promised to say more about some strange names of beverages.  The time has come to make good on [...]

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