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   10 more Blue point...thanks Susan, you're on a roll  :)   
      
   Trish   
      
   "Susan"  wrote in message   
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   > Trish wrote:   
   >> Which hero's body sailed from Cape Trafalgar to England in a cask of   
   >> brandy?   
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   > Horatio Nelson   
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   > Admiral HORATIO NELSON had one of naval history's more famous deaths on   
   > the deck of HMS Victory in 1805 at Trafalgar, dying even as he defeated   
   > Napoleon's fleet. There was an odd epilogue: his body was packed in a   
   > cask of brandy to preserve it for the long trip back to England. At a   
   > stopover in Gibralter the unfortunate admiral was transferred to a   
   > casket filled with distilled wine, further preserving his remains. Upon   
   > his body's arrival in London, Nelson was given a hero's funeral and   
   > entombment in St. Paul's Cathedral.   
   >   
   > An old rumor has it that on the trip back from Trafalgar, thirsty   
   > sailors snuck drinks from the brandy cask carrying Nelson's corpse.   
   > Nelson historians now consider this to be unlikely. But the rumor gave   
   > rise to a lively phrase for illicit drinking: "tapping the Admiral."   
   >   
   > http://www.who2.com/oddlypreserved.html   
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