The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

DRINK LEGEND

ACCORDING TO IRISH LEGEND, THE SECRET OF "HEATHER WINE," A MIXTURE
OF WHISKEY, HEATHER HONEY AND CERTAIN HERBS, WAS HELD BY ONE CLAN
IN IRELAND. ANOTHER CLAN, WISHING TO LEARN THE SECRET, ATTACKED
THE FIRST CLAN. HOWEVER, ALL THOSE WHO KNEW THE SECRET PERISHED
IN THE WAR THE THE SECRET WAS LOST.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HIS DAD IN 1970.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT