All Kinds of Everything

ALL KINDS OF EVRYTHING

Compiled by Joe Quille In Ireland the small friendly local shop is rapidly becoming a thing of the past because nowadays we buy most of our food in supermarkets. Did you know that our fast efficient Supermarkets were the brainchild of an enterprising American grocer Clarence Saunders? Clarence, who worked in an American grocers shop noticed the customer had to wait in a long queue while the food was put on scales, weighed, wrapped and then paid for. This took quite a long time. One day Clarence thought of a better way. Why not weigh and wrap the food first and then put it on the shelves. Then customers could help themselves. In 1919 Clarence Saunders opened the World's first self-service supermarket in Memphis, Tennessee.

Nash’s Red Lemonade.

In Ireland lemonade is a popular summer drink - that is when we do get a summer. Known as water imperial, lemonade was first drunk in the 1400s. Lemonade didn't really catch on until the 17th. Century, when it was first mentioned in a play, "The Parsons Wedding", written by a friend of the famous diarist, Samuel Pepps. However, lemonade remained a fairly ordinary, unexciting, drink until 1792 when F Priestly put the first fizz in to lemonade. John Grattan, an enterprising young Dublin chemist brought Priestly to Ireland. He set up a shop in Belfast's busy Corn market where he made ginger ale, lemonade and soft drinks. In Belfast also Mr Cantrell produced refreshing aerated waters with his friend Henry Cochrane and so began the renowned Irish firm Cantrell and Cochrane (C&C).

At one time there were 5,000 lemonade factories in America. To day these are considerably reduced. In modern Ireland special diet lemonades containing artificial sweeteners instead of sugar are big business.

Most of my life has been served behind bars - public house ones that is - not the other kind and I've had ample time to sample the different brands too numerous to mention but for me there was none to compare with Nash's Red. It had, in those years of the 60s and 70s, a flavour unequalled by the rest, and that is the highest accolade I can give it.

Did you Know?

The term Cloud Nine means to be happy or pleased is derived from different types of cloud segregation in the US weather bureau, which were divided into nine separate types - No 9 being the highest in the sky. So to be on Cloud 9 means to be highest up.

Lightning is a huge spark of electricity. Thunder is the sound made by the air as it is suddenly heated up by the lightning. They both happen the same time, but light travels faster than sound, so we see the lightning first and then hear the thunder. When lightning flashes from a cloud to earth it takes the easiest path. It is always attracted to the highest point in the area which is often a tree.

The United States of America’s nickname ”Uncle Sam" was derived from Uncle Sam Wilson, a meat Inspector in Trog, New York. Wilson's "US" stamped on meat barrels prepared for the US army was interpreted by some workers to stand for their boss "Uncle Sam". The legend grew in newspaper cartons and during the civil war the figure of Uncle Sam took on the appearance of President Lincoln.

Left Handed People

Research reveals that left handed people are more intelligent than those who are right handed. Just one in three are left-handed, yet it is reckoned there are more geniuses among them than those who use their right hand. Left handers have a higher intelligence and use words more creatively. They excel in music, song and writing. Some famous left- handers include Barack Obama, Gerald Ford, former tennis player Jimmy Connors, Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan and Charlie Chaplin. But it must also be noted that some infamous left-handers included Billy the Kid, the Boston Strangler, and Jack the Ripper. For hundreds of years it was widely believed that the devil was left handed and that he baptised his followers with his left hand.

The Pill

The pill was invented in 1951 by the American, Gregory Pincus of the Winchester Foundation for experimental Biology

Masschuesess and John Rock. These doctors worked for five years to develop a definitive contraceptive that would be without danger safe, simple, practical, suitable for all women, and ethically acceptable for the couple. The initial clinical tests were performed in 1954, and the first large scale experimentation took place in 1956, in San Juan, Puerto Rico with 1,808 female volunteers. The first pill to be marketed was Enovrd 10 manufactured by G.D.Searle Inco Illinois.

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Useful inventions

The Domelar manufactured in Chicago 1913 was the first functional household fridge. In 1918, Nathaniel Walesm, an American, designed a device that was widely marketed under the name Kelvinator. The Swedes, Carl Muners, and Balzer Von Platen succeeded in constructing a silent and functional refrigerator. They filed their patent in 1920, and developed a condenser device in 1929. The U.S. Company, General Electric manufactured a hermetically sealed unit, and in 1939 it introduced the first dual temperature fridge. This allowed frozen foods to be kept in one compartment.

The Milking Machine.

The invention of the milking machine dates from the 19th Century. The first model was made by an American, I.Q.Colvin in 1862. After this, in 1889 the Scotchman, William Marchland, developed a constant suction machine. On the 23rd, March 1977 the Swedish Company, Alfa Lavel, patented an entirely automatic milking system and the only manual operation was to attach the caps to the udders. A single farmer could now milk a large number of cows at the same time.

William McKenna, Knockaunebrack, Lyreacrompane and Mary Culhane, Kinard, Glin, Co. Limerick who married in Sept 1944. Mary’s uncle was married to Williams’s cousin in NY. William McKenna’s mother was Margaret Sullivan from Caherciveen –they were known as the ‘Mar’ Sullivans. Willian and Mary were the parents of Billy (in the photo on the left)

Billy McKenna

Knockalougha School 1956

Billy played with the Sliabh Luachra Comrades which included Johnny Leary, Mick Duggan and Tim Kiely. He also played with The Ramblers along with Dan Herlihly and Timmy O’Connor. The groups played mainly in Cork and Kerry. They were recorded by Ciaráin McMahuna in ‘Down the Country’ and they went to a studio in Dublin to be recorded in The Best of Kerry album. Billy mainly played the flute but can play trumpet and accordion. His father William played the fiddle.

Billy McKenna

Knockalougha School 1956

Billy played with the Sliabh Luachra Comrades which included Johnny Leary, Mick Duggan and Tim Kiely. He also played with The Ramblers along with Dan Herlihly and Timmy O’Connor. The groups played mainly in Cork and Kerry. They were recorded by Ciaráin McMahuna in ‘Down the Country’ and they went to a studio in Dublin to be recorded in The Best of Kerry album. Billy mainly played the flute but can play trumpet and accordion. His father William played the fiddle. William McKenna, Knockaunebrack, Lyreacrompane and Mary Culhane, Kinard, Glin, Co. Limerick who married in Sept 1944. Mary’s uncle was married to Williams’s cousin in NY. William McKenna’s mother was Margaret Sullivan from Caherciveen –they were known as the ‘Mar’ Sullivans. Willian and Mary were the parents of Billy (in the photo on the left)