Irish Nurse. "Now thin, mum, wake up an' take yer sleepin' dhraught!"
12. As only the most elegant Dublin English will be spoken in the House, no Provincial brogue can be tolerated. To this rule there will be no exception.
Pat's True Breakfast Chronometer.—"Sure, me stomach in the early morning is as good as a watch to me. I always know when it wants 'something to ate.'"
A Broad Hint.—English Traveller (to Irish Railway Porter labelling luggage). "Don't you keep a brush for that work, porter?"
Porter. "Shure, your honour, our tongues is the only insthruments we're allowed. But they're asy kep' wet, your honour?"