Liqueur and the Glass.
A tourist in Ireland stopped his car at an hotel for the purpose of having a drink. "What will you have, Pat?" he asked. "Faith, phwat's yer anncr goin' to take?" "Well, I shall have a Chartreuse." "And phwat's that?" "It's a warming drink brewed by the monks, and they sell it for the benefit of the poor." "Indade, sorr? I'll take that same, too " The Chartreuse was brought in liqueur glasses. Pat emptied his glass and folt the comforting effect, raised his eyes piously, and remarked with unction : " May the blessing of heaven risfc on the howly man that brewed this <Jrink 1" Then, raising the empty little glass with an expression of scornful indignation on his face, he added : "And the dovil take the blayguards that invinted the glas>s !" i
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Otago Witness, Issue 2818, 18 March 1908, Page 107
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136Liqueur and the Glass. Otago Witness, Issue 2818, 18 March 1908, Page 107
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