"This Boldness brings Relief."—Massinger. Irish "Boy" (to benevolent Old Gentleman). "Maybe yer honour'll give a poor boy something. Sure, it's a dissolute orphin, and deaf and dumb, I am!"
Absent-minded Old Gentleman (putting his hand in his pocket). "Poor fellow!"
A Dublin grocer advertises his butter thus:
Best Danish 1s. 2d.
Best Creamery 1s. 3d.
No Better 1s. 4d.
More "Revenge for the Union."—Saxon Tourist (at Irish Railway Station). "What time does the half-past eleven train start, Paddy?"
Porter. "At thrutty minutes to twilve—sharrup, sor!"
[Tourist retires up, discomfited.