The wise old Mother Superior from county Tipperary was
dying. The nuns gathered around her bed trying to make
her comfortable. They gave her some warm milk to drink,
but she refused it. Then one nun took the glass back to
the kitchen.

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. Before
they knew it, she drank the whole glass down to the last
drop.

\"Mother,\" the nuns asked with earnest, \"Please give us
some wisdom before you die.\"

Barely audible and with a serene look on her face, she
said, \"Don\'t sell that cow.\"