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Thread #137540 Message #3147326
Posted By: Steve Gardham
03-May-11 - 06:13 PM
Thread Name: What is a 'bumper'?
Subject: RE: What is a 'bumper'?
A quick look in my broadside index gives us 'A Bumper of Good Liquor', 'A Bumper to Erin' and 'Bumper Squire Jones, a New Playhouse Song' sung by Mr Beard. The last one appears in 18thc garlands in the BL.