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Dec 9, 2009
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Epigram At Brownhill Inn[1]

     At Brownhill we always get dainty good cheer,
     And plenty of bacon each day in the year;
     We've a' thing that's nice, and mostly in season,
     But why always Bacon—come, tell me a reason?
[1]

Bacon was the name of a presumably intrusive host. The lines are said to have "afforded much amusement."—Lang

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