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Mr. Lynch remembers the "American wakes" of the time, all-night parties fueled with dancing and potcheen, a local moonshine, that marked the departure of young men for the U.S.
Irish Remedy for Hard Times: Leaving Guy Chazan 2011
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But we then had a fine weekend back in Manchester, spent mostly in the Clynes Wine Bar, now strangely themed as an Irish Pub it was a real one before, potcheen and all and renamed the Cavendish.
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But we then had a fine weekend back in Manchester, spent mostly in the Clynes Wine Bar, now strangely themed as an Irish Pub it was a real one before, potcheen and all and renamed the Cavendish.
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Jack had left it some potato-peel potcheen a while back, but it hadn't been enough to satisfy the thirsty collective.
Fast fiction snippet: Lock-in karentraviss 2005
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I think you're not accustomed to potcheen punch in the evening after your tea.
John Bull's Other Island George Bernard Shaw 1903
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A bit of bucolic mischief from some lovable old rascal with a potcheen still, perhaps.
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