WINE "AD LIB”
Wine is free in Wangen, a picturesque village surrounded by medieval ramparts and vineguards, in Alsace, but only for one day a year. The free wine on the auspicious annual occasion flows from the village fountain, which every other day pours out its stream of fresh water.
Free-wine day in Wangen is July 3. An inscription on the obelisk above the fountain explains that the custom dates back to 1830, when the village was victorious in a law suit that had dragged along for many years. At every anniversary the mayor reads out to the assembled villagers the finding of the court, choirs of children sing old Alsatian songs, there is much hand-clapping, and for the rest of the day the fountain provides n ine to be drunk in celebration of the famous legal .victory.
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Evening Star, Issue 23325, 22 July 1939, Page 7
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138WINE "AD LIB” Evening Star, Issue 23325, 22 July 1939, Page 7
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