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CUP S AND THEI R CUSTOMS .
MOBEBN EIOIPES.
PUNCH.
The origin of this word is attributed by Dr , Doran,
in his
*
History of Court
Pools/
to a club of Athenian
wits | bu t how he could possibly connect th e word
Punch with these worthies, or derive it from either
their sayings or doings, we are totally at a loss to
understand. It s more probable deriYation is from the
Persian Punj, or from th e Sanscrit Pancha, which de -
notes the usual number of ingredients of whichit is com-
posed, viz. five. I n an old book of travels dated 1639,
a certain drink is mentioned called Palepuntz, used by
the English at Surat, composed of brandy, rose-water,
citron-juice, and sugar, the acid principle being absent.
We may here mention parenthetically that
€
Punch, or
The London Charivari/ was started byfive men, ofwhom
three were
"
Lemons/' viz . Mark Lemon, it s editor,
Leman Eede, and Laman Blanehard. Thus
€
Punch
'
was made with
€C
Lemon-ade/
J
Punch*
Extract th e oil from th e rind of a large lemon by
rubbing it with lumps of sugar j add the juice of two
lemons and of two Seville oranges, together with the
finely pared
rind;
pu t this into a ju g with one pint of
old rum , one pint of
brandy,
and half a pound of