I came across the following image in the Bodleian ballad collection today. (You may have to scroll right and down a bit)

Joyful news for maids and young women

It does seem to me that these white puddings, of great interest to ladies, are not quite what they appear at first glance! (Such food would make a woman as fat as any doe). Was this the origin of the term 'pudding club'?

And does anyone know the tune 'Blue bells of Ireland'?