CORRESPONDENCE.
ST. PATRICK'S BIRTHDAY;
(To the Editor.) -V ' Sir,—ln your issue of Saturday la*j reference was made to that m«cli-vexeu question—the actual date of birth otour worthy patron. Saint Patrick. }*' heard many discussions on this su»Je > and each one differing from the other, ano, of course, no definite solution; arrivea a Now, sir, on one occasion while t°unnL had the honour of planting my i°°fcoV,' Land of the Dear Little Shamrock, gJj course of conversation with some mci the subject of the illustrious sarrit oropp£ up. Opinions were freely expressed, wg merits as freely discussed, and w^We* sation with its counter ideas and exj» sions waxed warm, when an »n . patriarch of the Emerald Isle rose »nai majestic tones stated : "Gintlemen.tner^ evidently been some grave mishtaKe, some one much to blame, bovt, s» blame the nurse who was somewhere -.» the sphot, or shall we excuse the lay the blame upon the doc. ? v n*' f one nor tether's right or wron*. we J"^. course to a deadlock. This brings v " to where we was, but here we _*i» stop." "No," roared a chon* of v««J and in the general hubbub someblaniW baby and some blamed the do6*;^ • etc.,
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 68, 22 March 1898, Page 2
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