1869 Drinking Cups and their Customs (Mixellany)

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CUP S AND THEI R CUSTOMS .

MOBEBN EIOIPES.

PUNCH. The origin of this word is attributed by Dr , Doran, in his * History of Court Pools/ to a club of Athenian wits | bu t how he could possibly connect th e word Punch with these worthies, or derive it from either their sayings or doings, we are totally at a loss to understand. It s more probable deriYation is from the Persian Punj, or from th e Sanscrit Pancha, which de - notes the usual number of ingredients of whichit is com- posed, viz. five. I n an old book of travels dated 1639, a certain drink is mentioned called Palepuntz, used by the English at Surat, composed of brandy, rose-water, citron-juice, and sugar, the acid principle being absent. We may here mention parenthetically that € Punch, or The London Charivari/ was started byfive men, ofwhom three were " Lemons/' viz . Mark Lemon, it s editor, Leman Eede, and Laman Blanehard. Thus € Punch ' was made with €C Lemon-ade/ J Punch* Extract th e oil from th e rind of a large lemon by rubbing it with lumps of sugar j add the juice of two lemons and of two Seville oranges, together with the finely pared rind; pu t this into a ju g with one pint of old rum , one pint of brandy, and half a pound of