Strong Cordial Presented by Mine' Host"
After the Rebellion of "45 drink ing to the King over the water in such clubs as the "Kit-Cat" Club in the West of England, not to speak of the Highlands, gave a great fillip to wine drinking. Strange to say, coaching also did much to increase bibulous tendon-cies. Turnpike roads were being rapidly made by Government under the guidance of men such as Gen-oval Wade. Coaching inns sprang up everywhere, and the traveller after completing a cold journey on the top of the coach required a stimulant, Those early coaching glasses consisted of a bowl only, as no stem or foot was necessary, the passenger frequently quaffing' dram off while standing in the coach, Another form of glass was the stirrup-cup, about which Sir Walter Scott speaks in his novels—a small stemless glass filled with some strong cordial and presented by mine host" as a mark of favour gratuitously to any special guest.
The next variation was the "fung lass," really a very small tumper 'a thick foot, the thick foot sing necessary when the drinker applauded a song or senti knocking his empty glass table, at the same time calling attention to the fact that he wanted his glass refilled, and in the days of Robby Burns such glasses wore found in every tavern in the country
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