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[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 38 points 2 days ago (11 children)

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/french-children-wine-at-school/

at that time, it was a common practice to see children consuming wine. Parents usually give a flask of wine mixed with water to their children when they go to school.

Damn I wish my parents were this cool

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Maybe they banned the practice to discourage watering wine.

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