THE PHILOSOPHY

OF

DRINKING USAGE

IN

GREAT BRITAIN.

LONDON:

RICHARD CLAY, PRINTER, BREAD STREET HILL.

OF

ARTIFICIAL AND COMPULSORY

DRINKING USAGE

IN

GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND;

CONTAINING

THE CHARACTERISTIC, AND EXCLUSIVELY NATIONAL, CONVIVIAL LAWS
OF BRITISH SOCIETY;

WITH THE PECULIAR COMPULSORY FESTAL CUSTOMS

OF NINETY-EIGHT TRADES AND OCCUPATIONS IN THE THREE KINGDOMS;

COMPREHENDING ABOUT

THREE HUNDRED DIFFERENT DRINKING USAGES.

With copious Anecdotes and Illustrations.

BY

JOHN DUNLOP, ESQ.

PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL TEMPERANCE UNION OF SCOTLAND.

SIXTH EDITION OF THE SCOTTISH USAGES,
WITH LARGE ADDITIONS.

LONDON:

HOULSTON AND STONEMAN,

PATERNOSTER ROW.

1839.

NUSITIO

LLUMEA