Vulgar words in Disturbed Ireland - Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. (Page 1)
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Now from Westport to Ballinrobe we had met nobody but a very few people going into town either riding on an ass or driving one laden with a pair of panniers or "cleaves" of turf, for which some fourpence or fivepence would be paid.
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Of beasts he has none, except dogs of some breed unknown either to dog-fanciers or naturalists, and an ass--the unfortunate creature who is made to drink the dregs of any sorrow falling upon Western Ireland.
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Few people hereabouts own an ass, much less a horse or a cow, and boats are few in proportion to the population.
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The Ulster contingent, who call themselves "workmen," were terribly knocked up by their walk of about thirteen miles from Claremorris, a fact which hardly speaks well for their thews and sinews, but in fairness it must be admitted that they were obliged to undertake their march after a long and fatiguing railway journey, at sundown, on a muddy road, and in alternate light and heavy rain.
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Not a soul was stirring excepting the blacksmith, who had been knocked up comparatively early by the market folk.