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The rest of the forenoon being spent in songs and folk–
dancing.
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(Time out of five minutes will now be taken to permit
the modern reader to brood upon this strange behavior on
the part of the founders of the republic.)
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The interesting concoction m question dated back to
before the Revolution. Personally, I'm inclined to think it
may h?-ve had quite a good deal to do with bringing on the
Revolution. Among the more advanced and cultured of that
remote age, Flip sometimes was improved by breaking a
raw goose
egg
into the dram before serving.
It
was then
known as "A Yard of Flannel." People who couldn't afford
a goose
egg
might use inst'ead a hen's egg or, in emergency,
even a wild pigeon's egg. Hence the familiar quotation:
"The short and simple flannels of the poor."
From such primitive antecedents it seems a far cry to a
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real Southern eggnog, the proper prescription for which
will be found elsewhe.r;e in this volume. The eggnog flowers
best at Christmas. Traditionally it goes with the holly and
the mistletoe, the good cheer and the kindly Yuletide
fellowship. I'm skeptical about Santa Claus sometimes, but
I believe in the foamy, creamy luscious eggnog, Old
Dominion style.
In
fact, I maintain that on Christmas morn-
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