Clean your nails and wash your hands.

Sit where you’re told to, and don’t be too hasty to begin eating.

Don’t grin, shout, or stuff your jaws with food, or drink too quickly.

Keep your lips clean, and wipe your spoon.

Don’t make sops of bread, or drink with a dirty mouth.

Don’t dirty the table linen, or pick your teeth with your knife.

Don’t swear or talk ribaldry, or take the best bits; share with your fellows.

Eat up your pieces, and keep your nails clean.

It’s bad manners to bring up old complaints.

Don’t play with your knife, or shuffle your feet about.