Old times in Ireland.
Old times in Ireland. By lieutenant-colonel the Hon. C. S. Vereker, M.A., F.G.S., 1873. P.39
It was accordingly arranged that Snooker, as most resembling her in appearance, should carry out the trick, and for this purpose a full night costume was borrowed from one of the female servants, attired in which Snooker, on the night appointed, repaired to the chamber of the love-sick invalid.