98-year-old Mother Superior from Ireland was dying.
The nuns gathered around her bed trying to make
Her last journey comfortable. They tried giving her
some warm milk to drink but she refused it.
One of the nuns took the glass back to the kitchen and,
remembering a bottle of Irish Whiskey received as a gift
the previous Christmas, she opened it and poured a
generous amount into the warm milk.
Back at Mother Superior's bed, she held the glass to her
lips. Mother drank a little, then a little more and before
they knew it, she had drank the whole glass down to the
last drop.
"Mother," the nuns asked with earnest, "please give us
some wisdom before you die."
She raised herself up in bed and said, "Don't sell that cow."