PIE FOR THE KING
OLD IRISH CUSTOM. discontinuance? expected. Dublin, Dec. 3. Dublin is speculating on the attitude that will be adopted by the new Gov-ernor-General, Mr. Donald Buckley, concerning the Christmas present Of “four and twenty woodcocks baked in a pie” that has been sent to the King of England by Irish Viceroys for the past 114 years. Messrs Healy and McNeill observed the custom, the pie, accompanied by Christmas greetings, being delivered to the King by special courier, but it is considered that there is “Buckley’s chance” of a pie being sent this year.
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Taranaki Daily News, 14 December 1932, Page 7
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96PIE FOR THE KING Taranaki Daily News, 14 December 1932, Page 7
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