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by Foobar8568 146 days ago
Europeans have a tendency to not make the distinction between herbal infusion and tea... No one is giving tea to toddlers, well I hope not.
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Americans in the last century advocated giving whiskey to teething infants.

Your pearls are adequately clutched, but I guarantee someone somewhere has given "the devil brew" to innocent babes.

That's still somewhat common, but it generally entails rubbing whiskey on the gums, not feeding the babies shots of liquor.