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the sweep of the arm certainly is rather graceful, though
somewhat pompous and bombastic. The short S-shaped
wooden spoon, common hereabouts, is used with the
same action. Perhaps the custom may have originated
from one of their forefathers having, at a remote period,
dined at a German table d’hôte, and sat next to a fat
burgomaster, who commenced proceedings by tucking
his napkin into his cravat to form an apron, then placed
his face horizontally over his plate like a pig at a trough,
and shovelled the viands into his mouth, which retained
one-half and let the rest fall into the plate again. A
simple-minded man, who had witnessed such a spectacle,
would go straight home and teach his children ever
after to keep their platters at arm’s length, and practise
the virtue of self-denial by making their food take a
long deliberate journey on its way to the mouth.
My dinner of eggs, milk, and cheese, cost 8 skillings,
or 31/2d.
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