through this mid-earth
that a public place was building.”
Mead was considered a glorified liquor fit for Men and is thus sung of by the bard Taliesin:—
“That Maelgwn of Mona be inspired with mead and cheer us with it,
From the mead-horn’s foaming, pure, and shining liquor,
Which the bees provide, but do not enjoy;
Mead distilled, I praise; its eulogy is everywhere
Precious to the creature whom the earth maintains.
God made it to man for his happiness,