to add a gloss to George Engles reference to swipes and Partridge
(which I don't have with me) swipes is not just beer but the leavings
at the bar collected as draft beer is pulled. There was a famous
elephant at the Regents Park Zoo in the late thirties who benefitted
from a pail of swipes at the end of each day.
Jeffery Lewins
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Dr Jeffery D Lewins,
Praelector Magdalene College,
Cambridge CB3 0AG
(01223) 332100 facs 363637
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