In 1367, he wrote the "Book of the Duchess" about the death of Blanche, Duchess of Lancaster. ... Chaucer was buried in Westminster Abbey. ... He was the first who was buried in what we now know as the "Poet's Corner" in Westminster Abbey. ... However the lord's table had meat, fish, pastries, cabbage, turnips, onions, carrots, beans and peas, as well as fresh bread, cheese, and fruit. ...

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The ordinary citizens were laid to rest (buried) with small jars of beer. ... It was also used for medical reasoning such as half an onion mixed with frothy beer was said to cure constipation. ... It was dated back to 5400 BCE. 3150 BCE (Egypt)- One of Egypt's earliest rulers, King Scorpion 1 was buried with around 700 jars of wine. 3000 BCE (Egypt)- Pharaohs acquired a taste for wine and established their own limited domestic production. 323 BCE (Greece)- It was said that heavy wine drinking caused Alexander the Great's death of a "mysterious " illness. 193 BCE (Rome)-North A...

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