@fionasfavourites,

You caught me.

You're right, of course ... and I've made that mistake on numerous occasions. I forgot.

To be honest, the reason I (and so many others) make it is because "and not a drop to drink" simply sounds better. The rhythm of the original is cumbersome and doesn't flow as well.

Anyway, as I was quoting my original post I'm going to leave it as is and hope people don't notice, which they wouldn't have had it not been for ...

:-)

Quill