RANDOM READINGS.
CLINKING GLASSES.
In his book, “The Moselle,’’ Mr. Charles Tower gives, on the authority of a friend, who lived at the ever-fam-ous town of Berncastle, . the origin of the great custom of tlio Clinking Glass: “They say hereabouts that the Senses were at the table to a bo tile of the Doctor. The Hand passed lovingly down the long neck of the cool body of the bottle- ‘That feels well,” said the hand, and drew the cork. Then the eye dwelt a little while on the gold of the wine in the clear glass, ‘That looks well,’ said the Eye. Then the nose caught the wonderful aroma, and the nostrils quivered to it, “That smells well,’ said the Nose. ‘All,’ said the Tongue, as the wine touched it and passed, leaving the eternal elusive fragrance there, " That tasks well.’ But the Ear asked: ‘Have I no share in this matter?’ So they clinked glasses.”
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Waipa Post, Volume VIII, Issue 347, 8 September 1914, Page 7
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