On Thursday, July 30, 2020, 02:44:40 AM MST, Jeff Zeitlin <xxxxxx@freelancetraveller.com> wrote:

is that the original was simply mixing the rum ration with the lime juice that led to RN personnel being

called "limeys",

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Never heard about mixing lime into grog altho I did hear about the 'limey' label but I thought it was solely due to using limes to ward off scurvy.

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