Took a quick break from work to do a brief research. Someone posted a photo on the left with a note saying that in the past, children in France were given beer and wine according to the Code Soleil — these are methodical and organizational guidelines for schools. Had to Google it, and indeed that was the case. This practice was common because it was widely believed that alcohol warms up the body and kills germs. Such was the curious preventative measure against colds.
The prohibition of this practice was only enacted in August 1956. The Ministry of National Education banned the consumption of alcoholic beverages in schools for children under the age of 14 and ruled to replace it with a glass of warm milk and a sugar cube. Teenagers could consume these drinks if their parents allowed it, but only in dining halls. It was also necessary to strictly observe the norm. It was defined as one-eighth of a liter per person, which is 125 milliliters, that is, one standard wine glass.
Translating the highlighted fragment: “(…) Whether it’s school lunch or not, it’s forbidden to give them (students) anything to drink other than water, milk, diluted beer, wine, or cider, as well as hygienic herbal infusions without the addition of alcoholic beverages.”.
So, diluted beer, wine, or cider were in use. But here it talks about diluted ones).
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