160 / 244
160
Cups,
Sfc.
ing.
This
was
why
the
loving
cup
possessed
a
cover.”
F.
W.
FavrholL
“
You
may
pay
too
dear
for
your
whistle/’
evi-
dently
originated
with
the
whistle
brought
to
Scot-
land
by
a
Danish
gentleman
in
the
train
of
Queen
Anne
of
Denmark,
with
which
he
challenged
all
Scottish
bacchanalians
to
compete
with
him
in
powers
of
drinking.
He
who
could
at
the
termi-
nation
of
the
drinking
bout
blow
the
whistle,
was
to
keep
it
as
a
trophy
of
his
powers
as
a
worthy
champion
of
Bacchus.
After
making
many
exclaim
with
Silenus
“
Innumerable
pains
I
now
endure
Through
thee,
0
Bacchus
!”
he
was
encountered
and
worsted
by
Sir
Robert
Lawrie,
of
Maxwelton,
who,
after
three
days
and
nights’
contest,
left
his
Scandinavian
antagonist
under
the
table,
“
And
blew
on
the
whistle
his
requiem
shrill.’’
It
is
on
the
contest
for
this
whistle
that
Bums
founded
the
ballad
of
“The
Whistle”
“
I
sing
of
a
'Whistle,
a
Whistle
of
worth
I
sing
of
a
Whistle,
the
pride
of
the
North,
Was
brought
to
the
Court
of
our
good
Scottish
King,
And
long with
this
Whistle
all
Scotland
shall
ring.”
“
If
you
want
any
more
you
must
whistle
for
it,”
came
from
a
vessel
having
a
whistle
attached
to
it,