HIS MEANING IS PLAIN
The wounded Irish soldier was relating his adventures to the inquisitive old lady visitor.
“Afther we captured th’ hill, mum,” he said, “we hild it fur a whoile, but was evintually forced to retrate by th’ weight av numbers.”
“And were there many dead left on the hill?” she asked, anxiously.
“Dead!” he echoed. “Whoi, the whole hillsoide was simply aloive wid thim!”