BOTH MASSEREENE AND FERRARD

New Zealand Tablet, 9 January 1913, Page 61

BOTH MASSEREENE AND FERRARD

Lord Rossmore knew the late Lord Massereene and Ferrard, and he says that once, when his lordship was waiting for a train at a small station near Belfast, he noticed two big farmers, both in a very convivial state, lurching up and down the platform. As they passed Lord Massereene they lurched against him, and nearly knocked him over on to the rails. A porter came up protesting angrily: Don’t ye see who ye nearly pushed under the train?’ ‘ Yes, I see,’ said the more sober of the two; ‘ but who is he, anyway?’ ‘ Why, it’s Viscount Massereene and Ferrard,’ replied the porter. ‘ So it is, so ’tis, ’ commented the man, gazing solemnly at his lordship, ‘and both of them drunk!’