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Irish Housekeeping.—Bachelor. "Mary, I should like that piece of bacon I left at dinner yesterday."

Irish Servant. "Is it the bit o' bhacon thin? Shure I took it to loight the fhoires!"


An Evening's Fishing (behind the Distillery at Sligo).—First Factory Lad. "Dom'nick, did ya get e'er a bite at all?" Second Ditto. "Sorra wan, Pat. Only wan small wan!" First Ditto. "Yerrah! Lave it there, an' come home. Shure you'll get more than that in bed!"