"The Official Mixers Manual" by Patrick Gavin Duffy (1934). "WILD EYED ROSE COCKTAIL - Juice of 1/2 Lime. 1/2 Pony Grenadine. 1 Drink of Irish Whiskey. Serve with cube of Ice and fizz with Carbonated Water. Use glass number 4."

"The World's Drinks and How to Mix Them" by Wm T Boothby (1934). "IRISH ROSE - Irish Whiskey 3/5 Jigger; lemon 1/5 Jigger; grenadine 2 spoons; shake well with ice, strain into chilled cocktail glass and serve"

"Fine Beverages and Recipes for Mixed Drinks" by Joseph P. and Charles A. Sasena (1933) "WILD IRISH ROSE - Use a highball glass; Juice of one Lime; two cubes of ice; Few drops Grenadine Syrup; 2 oz Irish Whiskey; Fill glass with seltzer."

"Recipes for Mixed Drinks" by Hugo Ensslin (1917). "WILD EYED ROSE - Juice 1/2 Lime; 1/2 pony Grenadine; 1 drink of Irish Whiskey. Serve in highball glass with cube of ice and fizz with carbonated water."

"THE REMINDER" by Jacob A. Didier (1917). "THE IRISH ROSE - Use a mixing glass. Juice of half lime. 1 barspoonful grenadine. 1 drink Irish whiskey. 1/2 glass cracked ice. Stir, strain in cocktail glass with a little carbonic water on top, and serve."

"The Squire's Recipes" by Kendall Banning (1912). "THE IRISH ROSE; For each person, use a large beaker and fill it with cracked ice. Squeeze into it the juice of one lime and add a sweet, golden-brown syrup known as Grenadine in quantities to suit the taste of the guest, usually about one pony. Then add one jigger of Irish whiskey, shake the concoction well together till it be thoroughly chilled, serve with straws and sip it slowly."