TOASTED IN " SWIG."
Nowhere was St. David's Day more fervently observed than at Jesus College, Oxford. The principal ceremony of the occasion was the toasting of the Welsh patron saint in "swig," an exclusive potent Jesus College drink, which is dispensed by a half-pint ladle from a handsome ten-gallon silver bowl presented for this purpose by Sir Watkin WilliamsWynn two centuries ago. Some ironic humour lieti in the fact that Wales' patron saint was reputed to have been an ascetic who "did only drink what crystal waters yield."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 95, 23 April 1931, Page 10
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