On the evening of the 26th of August, 1928, May Donoghue took a train from Glasgow to the town of Paisley, seven miles east of the city, and there at the Wellmeadow Café, she had a Scots ice cream float, a mix of ice cream and ginger beer bought for her by a friend.
La nit del 26 d'agost de 1928 la May Donoghue va agafar un tren des de Glasgow cap al municipi de Paisley, 11 km a l'est de la ciutat, i allà, a la cafeteria Wellmeadow, va prendre un refresc de gelat Scots, una mescla de gelat i cervesa de gingebre, que li havia comprat un amic.