An Irishman -will always give you tho answer that ho thinks you would like to have in preference to the bald truth; and the system works well enough where accuracy is not an essential part, of the transaction. For instance, in the following dialogue, which took place in a village store up in Donegal, plain accuracy would have been merely un picturesque. “I want soma peppermint lozenges,” said the Saxon visitor, coming straight to tho point. “Sure ye do,” smiled the Irish shopman, keeping off it. “How much are they ?” pursued the Saxon, as tho man did not move. “And isn’t it two ounces a penny they are ?” answered the Irishman, still without moving. “Well, have you got any?” persisted his customer, impatiently. “Sure, not any at all!” said tho Irishman, coming reluctantly to the point, with his sweetest smile of all.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXV, Issue 5134, 28 November 1903, Page 11
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