Ber. Hungry! Be Heaven, I could ate a plate ov mortar! What have yez for supper?
Brid. Corn beef and cabbage.
Ber. Corn beef and cabbage.
Brid. Yis.
Ber. Woman, you’ll drive me mad. Corn beef and cabbage is nice food for a hard working man. Why don’t yez have ice cream and pie?
Brid. Where’s the money to get it wid?
Ber. Buy a lottery ticket, me daisy. Bridget O’Rielly, if I come home to-morrow night and find corn beef and cabbage for supper I’ll slaughter yez.
Mary. Dad, why don’t you buy a new dicer?
Ber. Do what?
Mary. Strike a fresh kady.