Limeys

Limeys

     Once, a very long time ago, sailors were called limeys.  It all started about two hundred years ago when there was a dangerous disease called scurvy.  Later doctors discovered that lime juice helped heal scurvy.  After that, more ships started carrying limes.  Sailors would always drink lime juice, which is why they were nicknamed “Limeys.”  Today we know that it was the vitamin C in the limes that helped heal scurvy.  Now we know of thirteen other vitamins that can help heal scurvy.