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poteen

(n): unlawfully distilled Irish whiskey
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about 15 hours ago bilby said:

"'There'll be one good day's work done on the head of the trial,' she said.
'How so?' asked the sergeant.
'Dan Canty will make a great brew of poteen while he have all yeer backs turned.'
'I'll get Dan Canty yet,' replied the sergeant stiffly.
- Frank O'Connor, 'In The Train'.

10 months ago chained_bear said:

There's a neat little still at the foot of the hill,
Where the smoke curls up to the sky
By a whiff of the smell you can plainly tell
That there's poteen boys close by.
For it fills the air with a perfume rare
And betwixt both me and you
As home we roll, we can drink a bowl
Or a bucketful of mountain dew.
--"Mountain Dew," trad. arr. The Pogues

p.s. I posted the lyrics on the mountain dew page some time ago. I am so completely lazy that instead of checking there first, I posted them here from Wikipedia. So sue me.

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