O'Brien. "Oh, murther aloive! Barney, come and help me! Pat has fallen into the mortar, and he's up to the ankles!" McGeorge. "Och, if he's only up to the ankles, he can walk out." O'Brien. "Oh, bedad, but he's in head first!"
Irish Pat (to Bashful Bridget). "Look up, Bridget me darlin'. Shure an' I'd cut me head off ony day in the week for a sight of yer beautiful eyes!"
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