[well hello, have this English/West Indies hybrid of a rhythmic accent]

Eight's 'bout when ye take on Work, 'less your Family's rich. A Lass might marry 'round Fifteen, and a Boy can set off to Sea as young as Fourteen, if that. Not much in Legali'ies.

Now what Wag's daft Idea was it to make a lawful Age for drinkin'?

[TEENAGERS NEED THEIR BOOZE, OKAY]