Following the story in The Gisborne Herald on Wednesday about a nonagenarian’s Leap Year marriage proposal, further digging hints at a wider story and, perhaps, the twinkle of an Irish eye.
Isaiah McSaveney — a well-known sheep farmer of Rakauroa around 1900 — was undoubtedly well off and well-travelled.
But was he also inclined to “stretch” a yarn for his amusement?
More on Mr McSaveney in The Herald next week.
