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is a great favourite wilh the sons of Cam–
bria; so much so , in<leed, lhat a party sel –
dom <lines or sups in that College without
ils forming n part of their entertainment•.
On the festival of St. D avid, Cambria's
tutelary Saint, an immense si lver gilt bow l,
containing ten gallons, and which was prc–
scnte<l to J esus College by Sir ' Vatkin W.
'Vy11ne in 1732, is fill ed with Swig, a nd
handed round to those who are invited on
that occasion to sit at their festive and
hospitable board. The following
i ~
the
method of manufacturing it at that College.
P ut into a bowl half a pound of Lisbon
sugar; pour on it one pint of warm beer;
grate a nutmeg and some ginger into it :
adll
four glasses of sherry anrl five additional
pints of beer ; stir it well ; sweeten it to your
c Swig was formerly almosl exclusively confined to
Jesus College; il is now, however, a
gre:ttfavourite
throughout the University.
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