This is actually gas.
Irish Mammies are great: who else puts a hot water bottle in your bed, says ‘bye’ a gazillion times on the phone without ever ending the conversation, and has a solution to every single problem?
We’ve had a fair few Irish Mammy stories to date, this one is a personal fave but in fairness, the latest one might be about to take over.
Suz Tutty-Heaney is currently living in Perth, Australia but work requires her to travel to Pilbara for three weeks of every month.
Following this stint of tough graft, she gets a week off to chill in Perth and on a recent return visit, she had a surprise care package from her Mammy, who lives in Hollywood, Co. Wicklow.
It wasn’t Dairy Milks and Tayto crisps, however, as this particular package contained a very specific item, disguised as “holy water”.
Speaking to JOE.ie, Suz said:
“Today, after a long 4 weeks I got back to my house in Glendalough (yes, a name sake of Glendalough Co. Wicklow), I came home to a parcel from my mam.”
“Not sure what it was as I wasn’t expecting anything and I see she has noted on the customs declaration its description as St. Kevin’s Glendalough Water (Holy).
“This didn’t surprise me as Mam wouldn’t be unknown to sending such items so I ripped open the padded envelope which was protecting the box.
“Once I got through the several layers of packaging this is what I found, Glendalough Poitín!”.
What an absolute legend.
Image via Suz Tutty-Heaney/JOE.ie
