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Crime and Punishment

Cracking down on peer pressure

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).

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Fast and Furious: Duddingston Drift