Editor’s Note: Today’s conference report comes from Dr. Alice Mauger of the Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland, School of History, University College Dublin. Dr. Mauger also organized the event. “Cultures of Intoxication: Contextualising Alcohol and Drug Use, Past & Present”, University College Dublin, Ireland, 7-8 February 2020 – Conference Report University CollegeContinue reading ““Cultures of Intoxication: Contextualising Alcohol and Drug Use, Past & Present” Conference Report”
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Historical Documents of Temperance, Post-Pat’s Day Guilt and Remorse Edition
Spending a quiet St. Patrick’s Day with my parents and, as many of us do at a certain age, shamelessly rifling their old personal documents, I came across this item of interest. It is my father’s Pioneer Pledge, his oath at the age of sixteen to “abstain for life,” albeit with some language about “reparations”Continue reading “Historical Documents of Temperance, Post-Pat’s Day Guilt and Remorse Edition”