"sf" > wrote in message
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> Lemon facts via Nigella Lawson who got them from worldwidegourmet.com:
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> -- The lemon originated in the Middle East, and around the end of the
> 12th century began its travels around the world as a treatment to ward
> of scurvy among sailors on long sea voyages.
>
> --The use of lemons on warships and cargo vessels was required by
> English law, and became so associated with this use that people began
> to refer to English ships as 'limejuicers' and to English sailors as
> 'limeys'.
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>

I've known that since I was about three.