Note 184 — PART II. DR. COVEL’S DIARY.
Reading edition
Purl was the name originally given to beer with an infusion of wormwood. A Purlman was one who sold it to sailors in the Thames. (Mayhew, London Labour and London Poor, vol. ii, p. 108.)
Reading edition
Purl was the name originally given to beer with an infusion of wormwood. A Purlman was one who sold it to sailors in the Thames. (Mayhew, London Labour and London Poor, vol. ii, p. 108.)