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THE MIXICOLOGIST.
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Olden Time Drinks.
One of the favorite drinks in olden times was that
called "Lamb's Wool," which derived its name from
the 1st of November, a day dedicated to the angel pre
siding over fruits and seeds,and termed ''La masubal,"
which has subsequently been corrupted into "lamb's
wool."
Recipe for Lamb's Wool.
To one quart of strong hot ale add the pulp of six
roasted apples, together with a small quantity ofgrated
nutmeg and ginger, with a sufficient quantity of raw
sugar to sweeten it; stir the mixture assiduously, and
let it be served hot.
Ofequal antiquity,and ofnearlythesame composition,
is the Wassail Bowl, which in many parts of England
is still partaken of on Christmas Eve,,and is alluded to
by Shakspeare in his "Midsummer Night's Dream."
In Jesus College,Oxfordjwe are told,it is drunk on the
Festival of St. David, out ofa silver-gilt bowl holding
ten gallons, which was presented to that College by Sr
Watkin William Wynne, in 1732.