Tag: Still
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Poteen Making – Chronicles 6
An Old Established Industry Vulgar legend has it that it was St. Patrick himself who first gave the Irish the wrinkle how to make poteen. A ribald rhymester of the last century hoped to perpetuate this foolish notion when be introduced it into a song which bad a pasting popularity and then followed its author…
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Battle for the Still – Chronicles 3
You could guarantee that at least once every month the wilder areas of South Armagh would get a visit from the Customs & Excise men, or ‘Gaugers’, as part of their efforts to seek out and remove all illicit Poteen Stills that were spread all over the area. They were not always successful in their…
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Images of Ireland Past
The Drink Unfortunately Ireland and the Irish have a reputation for taking strong drink, but it is over exaggerated. The following is a “Photo History” Ireland’s long association with alcohol of all sorts. There was the legal enjoyment that occurred inside the pubs after the drink had arrived and the most popular drink was always…
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Poteen
A poem by “Barney Maglone” aka Robert Arthur Wilson (1820-75) Of all the navygations That ever left the shore I tell this mortal nation ‘Tis potheen I adore. I have the tender crathur All in her punchy dhress And when she’s mother-naked I love her none the less. If she had but a night-dhress Of…
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