With true Irish hospitality, an impecunious host ordered his butler to fetch a bottle of his most precious! and finest claret for an unexpected i guest. After a short interval the butler j returned, bearing the bottle, covered in i cobwebs, in a special basket reserved for the purpose. The host tasted the j wine before allowing his guest to have any. He pulled a wry face, and then remarked: “Surely this is not the bed 1 claret?” ‘No. indade. your honour,” replied the butler. “Then why did ve] bring it?” “Because, yer honour,” answered the butler, “it’s the best ye i
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 28 March 1938, Page 10
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