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" ... against a stone. After 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 the company. They daub one of these portions all over with charcoal until... "
An etymological dictionary of the Scottish language - Page 157
by John Jamieson - 1879 - 328 pages
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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 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...
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The Beauties of Scotland: Containing a Clear and Full Account of the ...

Robert Forsyth - Agriculture - 1805 - 668 pages
...similar as possible to one another, in size and shape as there are persons in the company. They daub one of these portions all over with charcoal 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...
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The Beauties of Scotland: Containing a Clear and Full Account of the ...

Robert Forsyth - Architecture - 1806 - 652 pages
...of these portions all over with charcoal 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 to the last bit. Whoever draws the black bit is the devoted person, who is to be...
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The British Critic, and Quarterly Theological Review, Volume 32

1809 - 700 pages
...there are pcrfons in the company. They daub one of thefe portions all over with charcoal> •harcoal, until it be perfectly black. They put all the bits...cake into a bonnet. Every one, blindfold, draws out :i portion. He, who holds ihe bonnet, is entitled to the laft bit. Whoever driws the black bit, is...
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The Literary panorama, Volume 5, Issue 1809

1809 - 672 pages
...these portions »!t over with charcoal, until it be |>erlecily black. They put .Л1 the bits of cuke into a bonnet. Every one, blindfold, draws out a portion. He who holds (he bonnet is enlided to the last bit. Whoever dnws the black bit, Is the devoted person who is- to...
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An Account of Ireland, Statistical and Political, Volume 2

Wakefield, Edward - Ireland - 1812 - 954 pages
...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 into a bonnet. Every one blindfolded draws out a portion. He who holds the bonnet is entitled...
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The Dialect of Craven: In the West-Riding of the County of York, Volume 1

William Carr - Craven (England) - 1828 - 368 pages
...similar as possible to one another in size and shape, as there are persons in the company. They daub one of these portions all over with charcoal, until...out a portion. He who holds the bonnet is entitled tolhe last bit. Whoever draws the black bit, is the devoted person who is to be sacrificed to Baal,...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 4

Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 832 pages
...similar as possible to one another in size and shape, as there are persons in the company. They daub one of these portions all over with charcoal, 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...
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Games and Sports: Being an Appendix to Manly Exercises and Exercises for ...

Donald Walker - Athletics - 1837 - 488 pages
...as there are persons in company. They daub one of these portions all over with charcoal till it is perfectly black. They put all the bits of cake into a bonnet, and every one blindfold draws out a portion. He who holds the bonnet is entitled to the last bit. Whoever...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 172

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
...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, draws out a portion Whoever draws the black bit is the devoted person who is to...
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