Thread: tapping your throat to indicate drinking booze-Russian thing

I know it's kind of old fashioned but I love it....

does anyone know why that means drinking?

From what I know , long ago in 18 century the stamp on throat was a special award. The people with that sign could drink for free in governmental pubs.
So people when they came in , tapped that sign so barman noticed it.

interesting....

thanks for the response