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CUPS ANB THE1E CUSTOMS.
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in the winte r season ; an d Swift , writin g in 1727 , ha s
the lines —
"As clever Tom Clinch, while the labHe was bawling,
liode statelj through Holboxn to die of Ms calling,
He stopped at the ' George
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for a bottle of sack,
And promised to pa j for it wien lie came back,
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He was probabl y of th e sam e opinio n as th e Elizabe -
tha n poet , who sang ,
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' Saeke will make the merry minde sad,
So will it make tlie melancliolie glad.
If mirthe and sadnesse doth in sacke remain,
When I am sad I'l l take some sacke again,"
A recip e of thi s time , attribute d to Si r Flcetwoo d
Fletcher , is curiou s in it s compositio n in mor e way s
tha n one ; and , as we seldo m find ssueh document s in
rhyme , we gi? e it: —
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From famed Barbadoes, on the western main,
Fetch sugar, ounces four | fetch sack from Spain,
A pint | and from the Eastern coast,
Nutmeg, the glory of our northern toast j
O'er flaming coals le t them together heat,
Till the all-conquering sack dissolve the sweet 5
O'er such another Ire put eggs just ten,
New-born from tread of cock and rump of lien f
Stir them with steadj liand, and conscience pricking,
To see the untimely end of ten fine cliicken j
From shining shelf take down the "brazen skillet—
A (|uart of milk from gentle cow will 111 it $
"When boilM and cold put milk and sack to eggs,
Unite them firmly like the triple leagues;
And on the fire le t them together dwell
Till miss sing twice * you, must not kiss and tell |
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Each lad and lass take up a silver spoon,
And fall onfiercely like a starred dragoon,
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