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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Jon Brady & Anita McSorley & David McLean

BIZARRE: Family who found 135 year old message in bottle under floorboards baffled by strange note - You Need To See This

A family who found a 135-year-old message in a bottle under the floorboards of their home were baffled by the "strange note".

Mum Eilidh Stimpson says it was found by pure change earlier this week when her plumber happened to find it in a hole he cut in the floor.

The delicately inscribed message on the ancient note had been rolled up inside an empty whisky bottle and hidden away.

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