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May Queen, a beverage recommended in Uncle Fred in the Springtime and Service With a Smile by Lord Ickenham, consisting of a good, dry, champagne, liqueur brandy, armagnac, kummel, yellow chartreuse, and old stout to taste. Alleviates despondency. Its full name is Tomorrow'll be of all the year the maddest, merriest day, for I'm to be the Queen of May, mother, I'm to be Queen of the May.

Source: Daniel H. Garrison. Who's Who in Wodehouse
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