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There is a story repeated so often that it has become a truth that medieval folk drank weak beer to avoid the perils of drinking water but it s a myth.
Amid the deluge of nostalgia and romance that February invokes, and the calls for resistance to this “epidemic” of love brought about by the market forces, the story of Valentine’s Day perhaps lies somewhere in between long, complex and deserving to be told.
Historically, several stranger taxes have existed throughout the world, including the ‘Beard Tax’ in Russia to discourage men from sporting beards, the window tax in England, France, Scotland and.