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It was poitin: illegal moonshine made by old friends of his in the Knockmealdown Mountains of Tipperary.
four-leafed clover James Claffey 2012
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Now learned men who use the pen have writ the praises high of the sweet poitin from Ireland green, distilled from wheat and rye.
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Or poitin, even (can't do the diacritic signs ...)
Army Rumour Service 2010
raven_in_the_woods commented on the word poitin
Irish moonshine, distilled from wheat or rye. Found in Daimons by Nina FitzPatrick
March 7, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word poitin
Come guess me this riddle: what beats pipes and fiddle?
What's hotter than mustard and wilder than cream?
What best wets your whistle? What's clearer than crystal?
What's sweeter than honey and stronger than steam?
What will make the dumb talk? What will make the lame walk?
The elixir of life and philospher's stone.
And what helped Mr. Brunel to dig the Thames Tunnel?
Wasn't it poteen from ould Inishowen?
So stick to the cratur' the best thing in nature
For drowning your sorrows and raising your joys.
Oh lord, it's no wonder, if lightning and thunder
Was made from the plunder of poteen me boys.
--Later verses of the Irish song The Humours of Whisky.
March 7, 2013