Show ORIGIN OF PUNCH IS TRACED english brought tile the drink from I 1 india dia humorous mistake made by schleswig Sch leswig magnates in germany punch Is ig tho national drink for tile the night of st sylvester when germans finial tile tho year by drinking punch a usage observed wen avei by tile the kaiser himself punch to Is what wha they drink when they have colds moreover wo we ara ar told that the eng lish brought punch from india il 11 takes its name from iian palis clin a san sarit word for live because such is tile the number of the ingredients arrah arrum arnini or nini tea jugar baigar lemon and hot wa ter it was ln in 1695 that the Eng english englise lisl first celebrated the new year with punch A contemporary relates an ani using story in connection yit with punch whet when t frederick rederic VII ill came to flensburg in Sch schleswig leswig lie he gave a banquet to tit ohp notables b i district after thi I 1 dessert delseit he red a court to inquire ho bo a guests had enjoyed his hos pitI they hesitated to ex press an li but at length one bolder than his fellows resolved to speak freely everything was excell excellent it savo tho the punch tile tho magnates of wic had bad drunk for punch the warm warin water charged with per perfume furne which bad been placed before them for ablutions |