TEA MANIA

By Ian Miller In 1872, an alarmed lady wrote to the Freeman’s Journal to report that: ‘Taking shelter in a cottage, near Banbridge, County Down, some time ago, during a shower of rain, and noticing the teapot on the hob, I observed that tea stewed in that way did a great deal of harm. The ... Read more

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