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" They kindle a fire, and dress a repast of eggs and milk in the consistence of a custard. They knead a cake of oatmeal, which is toasted at the embers against a stone. After the custard is eaten up, they divide the cake into so many portions, as similar... "
The Beauties of Scotland: Containing a Clear and Full Account of the ... - Page 332
by Robert Forsyth - 1806
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The Statistical Account of Scotland: Drawn Up from the ..., Volume 11

Sir John Sinclair - Scotland - 1791 - 644 pages
...wutit. to one another in fize and fhape, as there are perfons in the company. They daub one of thefe portions all over with? charcoal, until it be perfectly...all the bits of the cake into a bonnet. Every one, blindfold, draws out a portion. He who holds the bonnet, is entitled to the laft bit. Whoever draws...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 81, Part 1; Volume 109

Early English newspapers - 1811 - 768 pages
...custard is eaten up, they divide the cake into so many portions, as similar to one another as possible in size and shape, as there are persons in the Company....daub one of these portions all over with charcoal, till it be perfectly black. He who holds the bonnet is entitled to the last bit. Whoever draws the...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 81, Part 1; Volume 109

Early English newspapers - 1811 - 750 pages
...eaten up, they divide the cake into so many portions, as similar to one another as possible in size nnd shape, as there are persons in the Company. The'y daub one of these portions all over with charC'ial, till it be pi-rtectly black. He who holds the bonnet is entitled to the last bit. Whoever...
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An Account of Ireland, Statistical and Political, Volume 2

Wakefield, Edward - Ireland - 1812 - 954 pages
...the custard is eaten up, they divide the cake into so many portions, as s'umlar as possible to one another in size and shape, as there are persons in the company. They daub one of thex portions all over with charcoal until it be perfectly black. They put all the bits of the cake...
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Horæ Momenta Cravenæ: Or, The Craven Dialect, Exemplified in Two Dialogues ...

Rev. William Carr - Craven (England) - 1824 - 138 pages
...the custard is eaten up, they divide the cake into so many portions, as similar as possible to one another in size and shape, as there are persons in...until it be perfectly black. They put all the bits of cake into a bonnet. Every one, blind-fold, draws out a portion. He who holds the bonnet is entitled...
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Dialect of Craven, in the Westriding of the County of York: With a ..., Volume 1

William Carr - English language - 1828 - 384 pages
...the custard is eaten up, they divide the cake into so many portions, as similar as possible to one another in size and shape, as there are persons in...until it be perfectly black. They put all the bits of cake into a bonnet. Every one, blind-fold, draws out a portion. He who holds the bonnet is entitled...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 4

Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 832 pages
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The Olio, Or, Museum of Entertainment, Volume 2

1829 - 446 pages
...toasted at the embers ajainst a stone. After the custard is eaten up, they divide the cake into so many portions, all over with charcoal, until it be perfectly black. They put all the bits of cake into a bonnet. Every one blindfold draws out a portion. He who holds the bonnet is entitled to...
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Dictionary of the Holy Bible

Augustin Calmet - Bible - 1832 - 1060 pages
...divide the cake into so many portions, as similar as possible to one another in size and shape, as thero are persons in the company. They daub one of these portions all over with charcoal, until it bo perfectly black. They put all the bite of cake into a bonnet. Every one, blindfold, draws nut a...
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The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful ..., Volume 4

1835 - 550 pages
...the custard is eaten up, they divide the cake into so many portions, as similar as possible to one another in size and shape, as there are persons in...until it be perfectly black. They put all the bits of cake into a bonnet. Every one, blindfold, draws out a portion. He who holds the bonnet is entitled...
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