Marina Cooper’s Reviews > The Rituals of Dinner: The Origins, Evolution, Eccentricities and Meaning of Table Manners > Status Update

"At the end of dinner, it was an ancient practice—recorded for instance by Athenaeus in the second—third century A.D.—to wipe one’s hands, and later one’s knife and other implements, on bread which one then threw to the dogs. From time immemorial dogs, and often cats, have accompanied humankind at dinner; ..."
So, begging at the table is ingrained?