Volume: CBÉ 0190
- Date
- 1936
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Archival Reference
The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0190, Page 112
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“When the Danes were here in Ireland they would make wine out of the heath. ”
When the Danes were here in Ireland they could make wine out of the heath. The Irish people of course would have liked very much to find out the secret but they couldn't get it from the Danes. There is a story told that after the battle of Clontarf, all the Danes that escaped went on board their ships or boats and set sail for their own land, but there were two of them left behind, the only two danes in the country. A father and a son. Some man got on very friendly terms with them and asked them to give him the secret about making the wine. They said the couldn't give it so this man got mad and said he would get the secret sooner or later. "Well", says the old Dane, "you kill my son and I'll give you the secret." The(continues on next page)