It’s not something we spend much time thinking about. You toast one another, you ‘cheers’, you clink glasses, and then the rest is (often forgotten) history. But why do we clink glasses ...

But clinking glasses is a modern affectation, from long after such superstitions. The real reason is a combination of two things: one is just a sign of everyone joining together, the other is to ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The "clinking" of glasses originated in the medieval days when wine was often spiked with poison as the sediment concealed it quite ...