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Perth pubs per capita

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In 1821, there were about 200 pubs in the town of Perth. The number of Perthlings of drinking age (15+) in 1821 was 12,665.

I make that roughly one pub per 63 people and a damn long pub crawl.

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Crime and Punishment

Cracking down on peer pressure

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In October 1626, parties after baptisms had gotten so out of hand that Aberdeen made it illegal to “compell any nichtboures to drink any wyn, aill, or beir” that they didn’t want to. Anyone caught pressuring someone to drink was fined £40 (roughly the equivalent of £700 to £900, in 2019).