Fisherman (beginner). "Don't you think, Peter, I've improved a good deal since I began?"
Peter (anxious to pay a compliment). "You have, sorr. But sure it was aisy for you to improve, sorr!"
Irish Bag Carrier (commenting on the crack shot of the party). "Sure, thin, and I do not think much av him! Ivery lot o' birds he'll be afther firin' both barrels of his gun, and divil a one he kills but two!"
Groves of Blarney.—"And it's a perfect miracle the sounds ye manage to extract from that old tin kettle, Miss Cecilia; sure we don't hear the dumb notes at all!"