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SCG-C.732.063
25 Nov-2 Dec 1732:31 (46)
London. . . We have an account from Preston in Lancashire,
that a merry wedding was celebrated there a few days since,
between two beggars, whose ages made 160 together; They
were ushered from church to Walton, about a mile from that
place, by about 30 of the same fraternity, most with
crutches among them were 7 bag-pipers, and one played on a
bladder-marine. A dinner was provided for the guest of
roast mutton, with 30 pounds of potatoes, &c. . . [4 lines]
The whole was carried on with a great deal of mirth and
jollity, the cripples throwing away their crutches and
dancing, 'till the beer got into their heads, when they went
to fighting, but parted without further loss of limbs. . .
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