Mead in Poland which the 12th-century chronicler Gallus Anonymus described as "flowing with honey". This abundance of honey and a climate ill-suited for grape growing meant that mead was long more popular than wine. In 996, the Sephardi Jewish traveller Ibrahim ibn Yaqub wrote that "besides food, meat and land for ploughing, the country of Mieszko I abounds in mead, which is what the Slavic wines and intoxicating drinks are called". In the 15th century, the Venetian diplomat Ambrogio Contarini observed that "having no wine, [the Poles] make a certain drink out of honey, which intoxicates people much more than wine." The 16th-century
Richard Mead-Briggs Richard Mead-Briggs Richard Mead-Briggs (25 March 1902 – 15 May 1956) was an English cricketer. Mead-Briggs was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born at Canterbury, Kent. Mead-Briggs made two first-class appearances for Warwickshire against Sussex and Leicestershire in the 1946 County Championship. Against Sussex, Mead-Briggs bowled 14 wicketless overs in Sussex's first-innings total of 224. He was dismissed for 2 runs in Warwickshire's first-innings of 237 by Edward Harrison. The match ended in a draw. Against Leicestershire, he ended not out on 44 in Warwickshire's first-innings total of 368, while in Leicestershire's first-innings he took what