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In reply to the discussion: Anyone Here Ever Drink Moonshine and Lived to Tell About It? [View all]boobooday
(7,869 posts)6. I used to get it as a child
When I had a cough. Grandma would pull out a little bottle of clear liquid with a piece of tape on it. Handwritten on the tape were the words "White Lightning."
It came from the local family doctor. It was like fire. I remember grandma used to mix it with a teaspoon of sugar. I also remember faking a cough on occasion. Ha.
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I had a great-great-aunt that was busted for making and distributing moonshine in the
madinmaryland
Nov 2012
#61
I have tasted it: disgusting!! However, I live in the south. We were having a
morningglory
Nov 2012
#7
I did. It was nasty. A friend of mine however used it to chase down a Quaalude.
Liberal Veteran
Nov 2012
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