The Hedge School; The Midnight Mass; The Donagh - Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of - William Carleton, Volume Three by William Carleton
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"At dinner time, is id?" "Yes, sir." "Faith, the dacent strain was always in the same family."--(Buz, buz, buz.)-- "Horns, horns, cock horns: oh, you up'd vrid them, you lifted your fingers--that's a mark, now--hould your face, till I blacken you!" "Do you call thim two sods, Jack Laniran? why, 'tis only one long one broke in the middle; but you must make it up tomorrow. Jack, how is your mother's tooth?--did she get it pulled out yet?" "No, sir." "Well, tell her to come to me, and I'll write a charm for it, that'll cure her.--What kept you' till now, Paddy Magouran?" "Couldn't come any sooner, sir." "You couldn't, sir--and why, sir, couldn't you come any sooner', sir?" "See, sir, what Andy Nowlan done to my copy."--(Buz, buz, buz.)-- "Silence, I'll massacree yez if yez don't make less noise."--(Buz, buz, buz.) "I was down with Mrs. Kavanagh, sir." |
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