. The Brontës in Ireland; or, Facts stranger than fiction. Hugh Brontes MPLorys Ho.^Welsh Brontes Ho. Brontes 2 m House Oak triers planted*by Hugh)Bronte Deuils Dining Room. THE BKONTK HOMELANL. as Billy, opened on the Knock Hill another public-house, which also became a centre of demoralisationto the young men of the district, and a source of 124 7//r BRONTES IN IRELAND degradation to the keeper. I remember both thesepests in full force. They were much frequentedby Orangemen, who, when tired of playing TheProtestant Boys, used to slake their thirst andfire their hatred of the PapisJi
. The Brontës in Ireland; or, Facts stranger than fiction. Hugh Brontes MPLorys Ho.^Welsh Brontes Ho. Brontes 2 m House Oak triers planted*by Hugh)Bronte Deuils Dining Room. THE BKONTK HOMELANL. as Billy, opened on the Knock Hill another public-house, which also became a centre of demoralisationto the young men of the district, and a source of 124 7//r BRONTES IN IRELAND degradation to the keeper. I remember both thesepests in full force. They were much frequentedby Orangemen, who, when tired of playing TheProtestant Boys, used to slake their thirst andfire their hatred of the PapisJies by drinkingBrontes whiskey. In those days everybody drank. At births, atbaptisms, at weddings, at wakes, at funerals, andin all the other leading incidents of life, intoxicatingliquors were considered indispensable. If a manwere too hot he- drank, or if he were too cold hedrank. He drank if he were in sorrow, and hedrank when in joy. When his gains were greathe drank, and he drank also when crushed bylosses. The symbol of universal hospitality wasthe black bottle. Ministers of the gospel used to visit their peoplequarterly. On those visitations the minister wasaccompanied
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