are also in much request amongst the groundlings; whilst during the warm weather I know of no more 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” of pale-ale. This is called, for the sake of brevity, a
Small Lem and a Dash,
or the Poor Man’s Champagne; and is a refreshing 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, immediately 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:— {60}
Shall all our singing now be o’er,
Since Christmas carols fail?
No ! Let us shout one stanza more