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'A Token. So I send this little token With the heartiest good will Just to prove that I remember All who climb with me life's hill Just to prove that time can never Bonds of time sever That as years speed by we find They but more securely bind Ties of auld acquaintance still.
Verses transcribed by Maggie Corcoran on the subject of public houses:
'Bee Hive Public House
It's in this hive we're all alive Good liqueur makes us funny. If you be dry step in and try The flavour of our honey Your bees are asps, they sting like wasps Your liqueur is adulterated and anyone that resorts this house their misery is completed. '
Poem recited by Justin McCarthy at the Royal Eyr Hospital London, in 1899, later written down by John Stroud Hosford. On the reverse is the recipe for the "Hosford Punch of over 100 years ago" passed down four generations to John Stroud Hosford.
Two poems written by Major George Francis Gamble. The first, "By The Holy Fly", was dedicated to The Anglers' club of Ireland with their permission. The second, "Algology", was an encore verse dedicated to his algological professor.
