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Cup is then handed round the lalilc, no one
presuming to apply his lips to it until two
pe rsons have risen from their seats. The
origin of this custom is ascribed by our
antiquaries to the practice of the Danes
heretofore in England, who frequ ently used
to stab or cut the throats of the natives
while they were drinking, the persons stand.
ing being sur"°t.ies that the one hol<liug the
cup sl1ould come to no ha rm while par.
taking of it.
R ecipe.
Extract the juice from the peeling of a
lemon, and cut the remainder into thiu slices.
put it into a jug or bowl, and pour on
it
thre~
half pints of strong home-brewed beerc an<l
a bottle of mountain wine; grate a nutnieg
c Home-brewed beer is here recommended, as
~Orne
common brewers and publicans mix witl1 their beer
sulphuric acid, copperas, tobacco, capsicum, cocculus
I adieus, coriander seeds, all um, and burnt sugar,