"Terry Pulliam Burd" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:20:10 -0400, blake murphy
> > wrote:
>
>>i think you'll find (or used to find) the 'bottle clubs' in certain
>>counties scattered throughout the south. i suppose it's a step up from
>>being completely dry.
>
> My father was born and raised in Winston County AL, which has been dry
> as a bone forever, AFAICS, but has a *lot* of home breweries scattered
> all over the county. IIRC, the code for finding the stuff is to call
> someone who might know and ask if they have any "medicine." The first
> time I heard my aunt ask one of her old classmates in this manner, I
> nearly fell over laughing. I think the DH's eyes are still watering
> over his one and only run in with white lightning.
>
> And one of my favorite anecdotes about Winston County is, when Alabama
> seceded from the Union, Winston County seceded from the state. To this
> day, the old timers call it "the Free State of Winston." Winston
> County was too damned poor to have a dog in that fight ;-)
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

Last week, my sister (65) informed me that our grandfather, a Polish
immigrant, apparently was a bootlegger in his little neighborhood in rural
Pennsylvania, and rumor has it, a pretty good one.

Steve