Irish Gent. "Bedad! I wish ye'd tould me that before!"
Surgeon (examining in the practical methods of reviving the apparently drowned). "Now, how long would you persevere in those motions of the arms?" Bluejacket (from the Emerald Isle). "Until he was dead, sir!"
Squire (rather perplexed). "Hullo, Pat! Where did you get the hare?" Pat. "Shure, surr, the cr'atur' was wand'rin' about, an' I thought I'd take't to the 'Wanes'!" Squire. "But did the keeper see you?" Pat. "Bliss yer honour, I've been lookin' for him iver since I caught it!!"