FOOTNOTES:
[1] σίκερα is of course akin to the Hebrew shâkar שֵׁכָר, and it is at least curious that the three important potables may be referred to Hebrew origin: Wine, to the Greek οἶνος, Hebrew יַיִן Yayin, and Beer possibly to the Hebrew בר corn without the vowel point.
[2] Natural History, iv. 17.
[3] Britannia, London, 1590. ‘Quas in Britannia ex Probi Imperatoris tempore umbraculi magis quam fructus gratiâ habuimus.’
[4] ‘Vineas etiam quibusdam in locis germinant.’
[5] Chronicles, i. 186.
[6] A mass of information upon the subject of signboards has been collected by Messrs. Larwood and Hotten in their History of Signboards.
[7] History of Toasting; London, 1881.
[8] E.g.—