In Eden, the only ale that Adam had or wanted was water, so Adam’s ale became, in the seventeenth century, a humorous name for drinking-water; in Scotland the term Adam’s wine is used. Adam’s name appears also in Adam’s apple, a phrase bestowed upon both the human larynx and upon the sour fruit better known as the bergamot. According to folklore, the bump in the human throat was created when a piece of the forbidden fruit got lodged in Adam’s throat; the bergamot, on the other hand, has indentations upon its surface once thought to represent the teeth marks of Adam.
In bygone recipes, there existed a fanciful nomenclature for water, such as in the case of “Adam’s ale pancakes.”