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GLORIOUS BEER
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are also in much request amongst the ground
lings ; whilst during the warm weather I know
ofnomore popular swallow, for moderate drinkers,
who do not require their throats to be scratched,
than a small bottle of lemonade to which is
added just one " pull" ofpale-ale. This is called,
for the sake of brevity, a
Small Lem and a Dasliy
or the Poor Man's Champagne ; and is a refresh
ing and innocuous drink which might commend
itself to total abstainers.
In the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge
there is probably as much malt liquor drunk per
head as in any other part of the world.
Brasenose Ale
has obtained a reputation which the beverage
doubtless fully merits. Since the foundation of
this college a custom has prevailed of introducing
into the refectory on Shrove Tuesday, im
mediately after dinner, what is denominated
Brasenose Ale, but what is known in many
other parts of England as Lamb's Wool. Verses
in praise of the Ale are—or at all events were
—annually written by one of the undergraduates,
and a copy of them is sent to every resident
member of the College.
The following stanzas are taken from one of
these contributions:—