CHAPTER X: SWEET CIDER AND ''APPLE- 



SASS" 



SWEET CIDER AND CIDER "aPPLESASS." THE OLD 

 CIDER MILL IN VERSE. WHEN '^APPLESASS" WAS A 

 STANDING LINE ON THE FARMER'S BILL-OP-FARE, 

 SCHOOLBOYS WHO SUCKED THE NECTAR OF SUN- 

 KISSED APPLES WITH A STRAW FROM THE CIDEB 

 BARREL. 



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