 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 story of st. Stephen, and other poems - Page 184by John Collett (poet.) - 1883 - 8 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Forsyth - Agriculture - 1805 - 668 pages
...hamlet meet in the moors ; they cut a table in the green sod, of a round figure, by casting a trench on the ground of such circumference as to hold the whole...until it be perfectly black ; they put all the bits of the cake into a bonnet ; every one blindfold draws out a portion. He who holds the bonnet is entitled... | |
 | Robert Forsyth - Architecture - 1806 - 652 pages
...and dress a repast of eggs and milk in the consistence of a custard ; they knead a cake of oat- meal, which is toasted at the embers against a stone. After...until it be perfectly black ; they put all the bits of the cake into a bonnet ; every one blindfold draws out a portion. He who holds the bo»net is entitled... | |
 | Robert Forsyth - Architecture - 1806 - 656 pages
...the custard is eaten up, they divide the cake into so many portions, as similar as possible to ore another, in size and shape as there are persons in...until it be perfectly black ; they put all the bits of the cake into a bonnet ; every one blind, fold draws out a portion. He who holds the bonnet is entitled... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Wakefield, Edward - Ireland - 1812 - 954 pages
...against a stone. After 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... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 832 pages
...such circumference as to hold the whole company.' After dressing the caudle as above-mentioned — ' They knead a cake of oatmeal, which is toasted at...it be perfectly black. . They put all the bits of the cake into a bonnet. Every one, blindfold, draws out a portion. He who holds the bonnet, is entitled... | |
 | 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... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1891 - 580 pages
...They knead a cake of oatmeal, which is toasted at the embers, and they divide it into as many portions as there are persons in the company. They daub one of these portions with charcoal until it be perfectly black. They put all the bits of cake into a bonnet. Everyone, blindfold,... | |
 | Robert Thomas Hampson - Calendar - 1841 - 514 pages
...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 the company. They daub one of these portions all • Tom in Seotland, in 1760, p. 06. BOOK Over with charcoal until it be perfectly blach. They put... | |
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