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Ancient Poems, Ballads, and Songs of the Peasantry of England

Note 226b — Songs. (continued 2)

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No doubt the original word in these places was sack, as in Chappell’s copy—but what would a peasant understand by sack? Dryden’s receipt for a sack posset is as follows:—

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