Bailie Nicol Jarvie's journey to Aberfoil… (1829)
“ The Wicklow hills are very high, and so's the hill o' Howth, Sir; But there's a hill that's higher still, yes higher then them both, Sir:— 'Twas on the top of this high hill St. Patrick preached the sarment That drove the frogs into the bogs, and boddered all the varment. Then success, &c. No wonder that we Irish boys should be so gay and frisky, St. Patrick first taught us the joys of tippling the whisky. ”
