"'Bedad! it's like a wild beastess show,' sez I.
"'Will yer be quiet?' sez an ould chap next ter me. 'I hev a question to ax.'
"'Ax yer question,' sez I, 'an' I'll ax mine. I paid me two dollars, an' I'll not be put down.'
"'Plaze be quiet,' sez the majum, 'or the sperrits 'll lave.'
"Jist then came a rap on the table.
"'Is that the sperrit of Luke Corrigan?' sez the majum.
"'It is not,' sez I, 'for he could bate any boy in Killballyowen, an' if his fisht hit that table 'twould knock it to smithereens.'
"'Whist!' sez the majum, 'it's John Bunion.'
"'Ax him 'bout his progress,' sez a woman wid a face like a bowl of stirabout.
"'Ah, batherashin!' sez I. 'Let John's bunion alone, an' bring Luke Corrigan to the fore.'