Vulgar words in Irish Wonders (Page 1)
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"Howld on, we 'll argy the matther" Initial: "The Seven Kinds of Athenry" A Modern Irish Village "All a-makin' love to the Young Princess" "DIVIL A WAN O' ME KNOWS," SAYS HE.
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Whin wan o' thim found out that another wan was comin', he'd come the aftener himself to make up fur it, an' afther a while, they all found out aitch other, an' thin, begob all o' thim come to be beforehand wid the rest, an' from foor times in the year, it was foor times in the week that the gang o' them 'ud be settin' in the kitchen till the cock 'ud crow, all a-makin' love to the young Princess.
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[Illustration: "All a-makin' love to the Young Princess"] "An' a fine sight it was to see thim, bekase they was all shtrivin' to do somethin' for her.
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But, my dear, it was as good as the theayter to see the six young Kings an' the ould King, a-lookin' at aitch other as stupid as a jackass, all as wan as the castle 'ad 'a' fallen on thim.
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"Nora answered him niver a word, an' he shtarted to turn round, but whin he looked at the horse, the poor baste was knocked up entirely.
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'I'd betther thrust me arriants to a four-legged jackass as to wan wid two.