Children of the Hills Tales And Sketches of Western Ireland in the Old Time An
Children of the Hills Tales And Sketches of Western Ireland in the Old Time An
Arnold Bax
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" He took several gasping and wheezy pulls at a hopelessly stuffed duidin whose scratched brown stem was broken off within an inch of the bowl. " Man dear, them times of a fair day they'd be dancing and tearing away till they'ld have the thatches kicked from the houses itself, and begob, the drinking and fighting and batteractions'ld be in it ! Sure a man would think little of coming from the south or east of Ireland or from the city of Cork itself for love to be looking on at them, the way he'...d be left in the latter end with the skin cracked on his four bones with the scairts of laughter they'ld take out of him. Aru, boy, you wouldn't ask pleasure but to be stepping about the street under the clouds of night them days, and you lepping ever and always over young and old street ched out with the drink, and they cursing away till you'ld think the stars of God'ld be to fall from the shining firmament, and thumping and welting one another all times and they not fit to rise, mind you ! Still an* all, the women was worse again nor the men, and they ripping the clothes off each other until a decent body'ld be shamed and in dread for his soul looking on at them/' A round of laughter from the bystanders mani- fested appreciation of the vivacity of this descrip- tion.
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