"the real McKay" 1875

[Stephen Goranson]

1) Poems and songs: in Scotch and English? - Page 45
Alexander Hamilton Wingfield (Hamilton, Ont. 1873)
... An' sometimes they get fou;
But deil-ma-care, you'll find them men
On whom you can rely,
Although an odd ane here an' there
Is not the "real Mackay."

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2) MOUNT BENGER.
Otago Witness [N.Z.], Issue 703, 20 May 1865, Page 5

The ceremony being concluded, Bacchus was worshipped to a most satisfactory
extent--the supply of "the real MacKay" being unlimiterd--capital in quality,
and accompanied with tempting viands.

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3)TAIERI.
Bruce Herald [N.Z.], Volume V, Issue 225, 19 August 1868, Page 5
...my previous wek's remarks have brought forward an array of local
talent from
the _Captain_ to _Stripes_ and a _real_ Mackay to the bargain.

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4) Page 2 Advertisements Column 2
Bruce Herald [N.Z.], Volume VI, Issue 322, 29 June 1870, Page 2
SCOTCH BLANKETS,
No Imitation, but the "REAL MACKAY"....

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and several other similar texts

Quoting Stephen Goranson <goranson at duke.edu>:

> Page 4 Advertisements Column 3
> Marlborough Express {New Zealand], Volume X, Issue 688, 27 February
> 1875, Page 4
>
> Cut Tobacco--the real McKay--and other brands never introduced into Blenheim
> before.
>
> http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=MEX18750227.2.13.3&srpos=1&e=04-02-1843-18-12-1899--10--1-byDA---2%22the+real+mckay%22-all
>
> Stephen Goranson
> http://www.duke.edu/~goranson

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