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The eradication of 'whisky trading', for example, was used in this way by the Canadian Mounted Police in the 19th century. 91 The elimination of 'poteen' production was used as an excuse by the British for evicting the Irish during the land clearances in the last century. '— Recently Uploaded Slideshows
To evade the difficulty, old O'Beirne bade Dan fetch a mug for a drop of poteen, and meanwhile said to the stranger Sit you down, sir, and take a taste of the fire.— Strangers at Lisconnel
Are you sure that's the poteen, Ellish?— The Poor Scholar Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three
The conversation of their friends and the cheering effects of the poteen, enabled them to sustain his loss better than they otherwise would have done, and the hope of seeing him one day "an ordained priest," contributed more than either to support them When the night was nearly half spent, the mother took a candle and privately withdrew to the room in which the boy slept.— The Poor Scholar Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three
Talk, loud laughter, pure poteen, and good-humor, all circulated freely?— Going to Maynooth Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three
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