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Take it from the Frugal Housewife…

from: The frugal housewife : dedicated to those who are not ashamed of economy / by Lydia Maria Child (1831)

National Beer Day is used an excuse for drinking celebrated on April 7th, the day in 1933 when the Cullen–Harrison Act went into effect – the first day in 13 years that Americans could legally buy and sell beer.