Geordie's Bill of Fare.
The Times of India prints the bill of (are of the dinner which was given in Bombay in celebration of St. Andrew's Festival, under the auspices of the Grand Lodge of all Scottish Freemasonry in India. The curious " menu " reads as follows: — BILL O' FARE.
I will be Withe and licht, My heavt is bent upon sac quid a nicht; . ;■ " A wee drappie Tallicher." KAILS AN' BROTHS. Het spiced Indien Kail. Calipee Broth* FISH. Slices o' Indien Saurmm, wi' Butter Bree. Indien Haddies, smeekit. FIRST COORSE. , Stewed Hens, wi' Puddock Stools. Minced Collops on a bane, wi' sma' Peaa frae France. "A wee Donal'o' Glenlivat." SECOND COORSE. Chickens bakit in an ashet. Giggot o' Mutton, wi' Red Curran' Jeelie. Scotch Haggis. " Fair fa' yir honest, sonsie face, Great chieftain o' the puddin' race ; Aboon them a' ye tak yir place— . Painch, tripe, or thairm.. ..,,,. Weel are ye worthy o' a grace A lang's my airm." Stuffed Bnbbly Jocks roastit, and Soo's leg bakit, Tatties biled and champit; Bashed Keeps; Biled Ingins. Gleskie Magistrates, wi' tatties roastit. " Anither wee Donal'." THIRD COORSE. Jeelie Dumplin'. Grosset Tairt. Trammlin Tammy Oranges. Paisley Corn Floor Cauld SnawPuddin'. Mity-Dunlop Cheese. - Ingins, Lettuces, Loo Aiples, Syboos, an.a lot o' ither green things. Jist anither Donal', to keep a' doon. " Pood fills the wame, and keeps us livin', Though life's a gift no' worth receivin', . . When heavy dragged wi' pain an' grievin'; > , But oiled by thee The wheel o' life gaes doon hill scrievin', Wi' rattlin' glee." , ■'
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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4479, 14 May 1883, Page 2
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254Geordie's Bill of Fare. Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4479, 14 May 1883, Page 2
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