The general idea, of course, in any first-class laundry, is to see that no shirt or collar ever comes back twice.

-Leacock, Stephen Butler
  Winnowed Wisdom, ch.6.

Let Erin remember the days of Old, Ere her faithless sons betrayed her; When Malachi wore the collar of gold Which he won from her proud invader; When her kings, with standards of green unfurled, Led the Red-Branch Knights to danger; Ere the emerald gem of the western world Was set in the crown of a stranger.

-Moore,Thomas
  Irish Melodies,'Let Erin Remember'.