AN IRISH ESSAY
Speaking in London recently' at a meeting of the. Invalid Children's Aid Association, Canon J. O. Hannay— "George A. Birmingham," the novelist —said he had once had to judge an essay competition for school children. They were Irish, and the subject was, not unnaturally, the pig. Among the essays was this golden sentence concerning the pig: "He gathereth straws in his mouth and runneth on errands of cheerfulness." Canon Hannay added: "I gave the prize to that child, although never from that day to this have I understood what he meant. It seemed to be a most beautiful sentence and to convey a most beautiful idea to my mind."
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 22, 25 July 1935, Page 25
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112AN IRISH ESSAY Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 22, 25 July 1935, Page 25
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