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A toast is a ritual during which a drink is taken as an expression of honor or goodwill. The term may be applied to the person or thing so honored, the drink taken, or the verbal expression accompanying the drink. Thus, a person could be "the toast of the evening", for whom someone "proposes a toast" to congratulate and for whom a third person ...
On completion of the daily toast, it was often customary to conclude with the following tribute. "But the standing toast, that pleased the most was, to the wind that blows the ship that goes, and the lass that loves a sailor" - Charles Dibdin (1740-1814). The toasts are typically given by the youngest officer present at the mess dinner.
A Burns supper is a celebration of the life and poetry of the poet Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796), the author of many Scots poems. The suppers are normally held on or near the poet's birthday, 25 January, known as Burns Night (Scots: Burns Nicht; Scottish Gaelic: Oidhche na Taigeise) [1] also called Robert Burns Day or Rabbie Burns Day (or Robbie Burns Day in Canada).
Raisin a toast for your birthday. Happy birthday. You’re one in a melon. Wholesome birthday puns. There’s nothing better than presents from friends and family on your birthday. Unless it’s ...
Here’s a birthday toast to you! Another year older and still rocking it like a boss. You’re getting bolder, not older. Happy birthday! Next: 85 Heartfelt Ways to Say Thank You for the Birthday ...
A birthday is the anniversary of the birth of a person, or figuratively of an institution. ... or musician), and a special toast or speech by the birthday celebrant.
Hobbit Day is a name used for September 22 in reference to its being the birthday of the hobbits Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, two fictional characters in J. R. R. Tolkien 's popular set of books The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. According to the fictional setting, Bilbo was born in the year of 2890 and Frodo in the year of 2968 in the Third Age ...
The speech was broadcast to the "youth of the Empire" and was broadcast on the BBC Home Service in the United Kingdom at 6:55 pm on 21 April 1947, her 21st birthday. [1] Her birthday had been declared a national holiday in South Africa. [1] A description of her birthday celebrations in Cape Town preceded the speech on the Home Service.