In England, a kiss was the established fee for a lady's partner after the dance was finished. In a "Dialouge between Custom and Veirtie concerning the Use and Abuse of Dancing and Minstrelsie," the following appears: "But some reply, what foole would daunce, If that when daunce is doone He may not have at ladye's lips That which in daunce he woon?" The following line occurs in the _Tempest_: "Curtsied when you have and kissed." In _Henry VIII._, says the prince: "I were unmannerly to take you out, And not to kiss you." Numerous other references to kissing are contained in the plays of Shakespeare. From his works and other sources we find that kissing was general in the country in the olden time. It is related of Sir William Cavendish, the biographer of Cardinal Wolsey, that, when he visited a French nobleman at his chateau, his hostess, on entering the room with her train of attendant maidens, for the purpose of welcoming the visitor, thus accosted him: "Forasmuch as ye be an Englishman, whose custom it is in your country to kiss all ladies and gentlemen without offence, it is not so in this realm, yet will I be so bold as to kiss you, and so shall all my maidens." It is further stated how Cavendish was delighted to salute the fair hostess and her many merry maidens. Hot Ale at Weddings. In the year 1891, a paragraph went the rounds of the north-country newspapers respecting the maintaining of an old wedding custom at Whitburn parish church, near Sunderland. From the days of old to the present time, it has been the practice of sending to the church porch, when a marriage is being solemnised, jugs of spiced ale, locally known as "hot pots." A Whitburn gentleman supplied Mr. Henderson with particulars of his wedding, for insertion in "Folk-Lore of the Northern Counties" (London, 1879). "After the vestry scene," says the correspondent, "the bridal party having formed a procession for leaving the church, we were stopped at the porch by a row of five or six women, ranged to our left hand, each holding a large mug with a cloth over it. These were in turn presented to me, and handed by me to my wife, who, after taking a sip, returned it to me. It was then passed to the next couple, and so on in the same form to all the party. The composition in these mugs was mostly, I am sorry to say, simply horrible; one or two were very fair, one very good. They are sent to the church by all classes, and are considered a great compliment. I have never heard of this custom elsewhere. Here, it has existed beyond the memory of the oldest inhabitant, and an aged fisherwoman, who has been married some sixty-five years, tells me at her wedding there were seventy hot pots."