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.
Uvečer 26. kolovoza 1928., May Donoghue je pošla vlakom iz Glasgowa za gradić Paisley, 11 kilometara od grada, i ondje je u kafiću Wellmeadow Café, pojela Scots sladoledni kup, mješavinu sladoleda i piva od đumbira kojom ju je častio prijatelj.