Saturday 30 April 2011

A Quick Wit...

One time in Bandon, the priest was near Jack at the funeral saying prayers, when the bell went and the priest noticed that Jack had finished well before him.
"You were quick at saying the Angelus Jack."
said the priest suspiciously,
and yer man said
"That's practice father."
He was very quick with his answers.
Jack  Ahearne was his name. He used to work in Reilly's funeral home in north main street in Bandon, that's how the priest knew him so well. He' dead years now.

Stout and Milk...

This is an old Irish tonic - I used to have it especially if I felt run down or had the flu;  it's a pick-me-up-after. It used to be given in hospitals and places as a tonic. Up in Gurranebraher, a hospital near Cork, there was a girl there for a year and she wasn't able to stand at all. She was on raw eggs every morning with a drop of sherry in them and stout and milk at eleven or half past and she had her ordinary meals as well. There was a Doctor O'Connell who ordered it for her. Well, she went home fine.
Here's the recipe...
Just a glass or a cup; you wouldn't want a big heap of it. I suppose half and half roughly, half milk and half Guinness with a bit of sugar in it and stir it up. It's supposed to be good for the blood and you can have it every day if you want, just a glass of it like. These are the glasses I use, they're nice old vintage ones.
That's it then. Some of those old things would be better than any of that packet stuff.
And it gives you an appetite too....

Guinness S/4 Vintage

Wednesday 27 April 2011

Welcome...

Hello,
Welcome to my new blog.
My new book has taken very well and I hope to further expand on it's themes here.
I hope you'll find a few moments to read, relax and enjoy my various musings!