Arrack Punch
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Historical Citations
The Times, of London, 14th January 1788
"With the highest respect to the memory of the late Doctor Walsh--we hope it will not be the incompatible that we mention a small circumstance in relation to him, illustrative of that propensity so eminently characteristic of the gentlemen of Ireland.--The Doctor, sometime previous to his death, had made one of a white-bait party to Gravesend;--The gentlemen, after dinner, agreed on arrack punch for their beverage; and the Doctor, who was an excellent composer of that liquor, was requested to act as apothecary on the occasion. On taking the sense of the company as to the quality of the composition, some proposed the addition of acid, others that of sugar, more of spirit--" I'll tell you what, gentlemen," said the Doctor, "the punch may not be quite so good as you could with, but by G-d if you MEND it at all, you'll entirely SPOIL it."
The Public Register Or Freemans Journal, of Dublin, 12th March 1765
"...the Officer entertained him with a Dinner, and Arrack Punch,..."
