(Equally applicable to a Yankee Dog in the Manger.)
My harts in the Highlands shall have their hills clear,
My harts in the Highlands no serf shall come near—
I’ll chase out the Gael to make room for the roe,
My harts in the Highlands were ever his foe.
Punch, November 8, 1856.
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“O, Whistle, and I will come to you.”
[A youth was prosecuted at Newcastle Petty Sessions, County Limerick, in 1881, for having whistled at Mr. Hugh Murray Gunn, J.P., in a tone of derision.]
O whistle, and I will arrest you, my lad,