accompanied by father until he
grabbed

mal medieval banquet at Ruthin
Castle in Wales. Before we entered
fhe banqueting hall we were
medieval costumed ladies repre-
senting the hostess offered us bread
and salt, the ancient symbols of the
castle's hospitality and the protec-
tion of its lord during our stay. Very
‘appealing to us ritualists.
This in turn recalls two stories
concerning the sacredness of the
of salt, The fictional story
of ‘Ali Baba and the Forty
Thieves’, tells about how the rob-

intent, (rare in those days), to
push his way into the kitchen.
My mother screamed and my
father rushed in from another
room. The now unwelcome visi-

ber in, intent on revenge on
Ali Baba for the loss, first of his
treasures and then of his men,
wangles an invitation to dinner at
Ali Baba's house. On his arrival
he asks his somewhat naive host
that mo salt be put in his food. This
alerts the suspicions of Ali's very
bright slave girl who has already
saved his life once.

She sees through the robber's

dagger.
what more radical method of

speeding the departing guest and

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marrying the boss as well,

The other story is that Of the
infamous massacre of Glencoe in
which certain members of the
Clan Campbell, took advantage
of traditional Highland Scottish
hospitality and gained entrance to
the castle of their ancient foes the
Macdonalds, were treated as hon-
ored guests for days and then

to slaughter al) of their

hosts they could lay hands.on, In
spite of the fact that it,
over 250 years ago this

of the laws of hospitality ig 9 bad

memory im Scotland to this day.

‘similar

to be told, as we once were, that
our guests were vegetarians.
Much worse if one is a guest in
a different culture. I have some-
times wondered what would I do
if I were dining in a Tibetan home
where stewed lamb was being

hosts, have responsibilities. I
would accept the offered tid-bit,

tors, both friends and relatives,
some for the first time in many
years and we enjoyed their compa-
ny immensely. Nonetheless, after a
time, one begins to yearn for the
quiet of an empty house, without
the sounds of feet or voices, no
matter how dear, silenced.

While Benjamin Franklin said
that ‘In three days fish and guests
are stale’, is surely depends on who
the guest may be, we all, sooner or
later get a little impatient. Too
often, however, when an overlong
guest starts talking of departure,

to rush on and save the situation
with. ..“However, since your mind
is made up we just have time to
catch the plane, bus or...” In
short, playing host satisfies a
deep, ancestral urge to gather
one’s friends and relatives under
one’s roof. I love to have them.
Happily, a deeper and more
primitive instinct for self-preserva-
tion helps me speed them on their

way to come again another day.

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