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From a photograph by Barton Hall Caine's impressions of his life at Ballavolley are vivid--the old preacher at the church, the drinking-bouts of "jough"-beer by the gallon amongst the villagers, the donkey rides upon the curragh.— McClure's Magazine December, 1895
-- "Lend's a hand with the jough then, boy.— The Manxman A Novel - 1895
"Now for a pull of jough, Nancy," cried Pete.— The Manxman A Novel - 1895
Manx herrings, English ale for a change on Manx jough; then dancing led by the mistress, to the tune of a fiddle, played faster and wilder as the night advances, reel and jig, jig and reel.— The Little Manx Nation - 1891
Hall Caine's impressions of his life at Ballavolley are vivid -- the old preacher at the church, the drinking-bouts of "jough" - beer by the gallon amongst the villagers, the donkey rides upon the curragh.— McClure's Magazine December, 1895
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