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sail Bowl when he says, in his Midsummer
Night's Dream,
Sometimes lark I in a gossip's bowl,
Ia very likeness of a roasted crab,
Aad when she drinb, against her lips I bob,
And on her wither"d dewlap pour the ale.
BROWN BETTY.
Brown Betty does not differ materially"
from the preceding; it is said to have de–
rived its name from one of the
fair
sea:,
ycleped a bedmaker, who invariably recom–
mended the mixture so named as a never
failing panacea.
Recipe.
Dissolve a quarter of a pound of brown
sugar in one pint of water, slice a lemon
into it, let it stand a quarter of an hour,
then add a small quantity of pulverized