Christmas in Iceland - 15.12.1940, Page 13

Alabaster Crossword
1. Stone of the Force (9). — 7. Beginning
of a painful disease (4). — 8. French bird
(3). — io. Shall we have leave by this? (6).
— 12. “Lindy—” is a song (3). — 13”------
the brave Horatius To the Captain at the
Gate”. — Macaulay (3,5). — 15. Captured by
Joshua (2). — 16. Captured by the Home
Guard (5). — 18. Young eagle (5). — 19.
Begins 27 (2). — 21. You’ve seen these isl-
ands (8). — 24. End of a fairy (3). — 25.
Some think M and V rations are this (6) . —
28. You’ve got this bag (3). — 29. Plural of
26 (4). — 30 Have a merry one! (9).
Down:
1. What the horse said when he smelt the
battle afar off (3). — 2. —Girls appear in
most revues (3). — 3. Adolf is one, and Benito
is another (8). — 4. Part of the heart (5).
— 5. Sweet cake (6). — 6. Bird or castle
(4). — 7. You’re probably here (9). — 9. Ask
none, and you’ll be told no lies (9). — 11.
End of 7 across (2). — 14. Heathenism (8).
— 17. Naval Dockyard (6). — 20. Backs of
necks (5). — 22. — or Little by Little (4).
— 23. Are we downhearted? (2). — 26. There
is too much between us and home (3). —
27. Put it at the top of your letters home (3).
CHRISTMAS FARE I
As, owing to the demands of the fastive
season, and difficulties of procuring
adequate supplies of wines and spirits during
the winter months, many of our readers may
find themselves short of the wherewithal, we
offer this recipe for an original and refreshing
beverage.
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To each gallon of water allow 3 lbs. sugar,
2 oz whole ginger, 2 lemons, 1 orange, a peck
of raspberries and a tablespoonful of methy-
lated spirits.
Wipe off the orange and lemons, de-worm
the raspberries, chop up the ginger and
polish off the meths. With the field cooker
at half heat, put the whole lot (in any order
yop like) into a dixie and let it simmer for
0002 hrs. Leave it for 2 days (preferably in
a locked and sealed room) and then test it
on the C. Q. M. S. Continue to add ginger
and meths until the a/m soldier is speechless.
Bottle and cork (not too tightly).
N.B. Other ranks under the rank of L/Ser-
geant are forbidden to brew ginger wine.
SCANDINAVIANS
Of the Icelanders — especially of the fair
sex — it can be truthfully said that the fol-
lowing description, frequently applied to their
Scandinavian ancestors, can be given them:
“By the blue eye, tall form, proportion fair,
The limbs athletic, and the long light hair”.
ONCE UPON A TIME
A long, long time ago Icelanders carried
their hospitality to an even greater extent
than they do to-day. It is said that some of
the spent their whole fortune on a single
enter taiment.
At their father’s funeral, the sons of Hialte
feasted 1200 persons during fourteen days,
and Olaf Paa 900 for an equal time.
Some parties!
Tommy Atkins should not have any scrup-
les now in asking his Icelandic neighbours
for a cup of coffee!
CHRISTMAS IN ICELAND
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