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The cakes and ale legend has been circulating since at least the mid-1950s (when it was printed in Reader's Digest, and attributed to The Lancet, as quoted by United Press International) and is probably much older than that. Example: Variations: Several ways of viewing this legend spring to mind: Image caption: Liveryman Arthur Peters of the Stationers' Company receives ale from a jug held by beadle and butler, Douglas Rowland, at the Stationers' Hall in the City of London, during the annual Cakes And Ale Ceremony, 27th February 1963.
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