Clumps of chatting people waited near the shoemaker to have their shoes repaired, while others lined up to buy ale, or bread, or steaming bowls of stew.

Another night we stopped in a village and bought cheese, bread, and ale.

But as long as Mock's was making the money it would have made had I bought ale from the bar, there was no problem.

He that buys good ale buys nothing else.

They entered the tavern in Goodland, bought ale, requested pipes, and very politely drank to the health of the innkeeper.

They did not get much in wages, just enough to buy food and ale, but their presence deterred any outlaws on the long road.

"I mean that half the coppers in town are buying their cakes and ale with dough they're getting from me and some of my friends."

He bought bad ale, though, for sailors in wide leather trousers and for under-merchants with thin silver chains across their coat fronts, for any man who looked to be from a distant land.

Because of the time required for the aging process, some investors would buy mild ale from brewers, age it into old ale, and sell it at the higher price.

So it waz here, in house, until Christmas, and then you sent it to the Bring and Buy ale ?