A CHARM WORTH TRYING.
"Whin all shifts failed him, Jimmie Concran wus a grate belaver in charms fur nearly my thing."
One of his gorsons had acquired the habit ov rampagin' through the counthry till all hours ova noight, and despite parental advice or remonstrance showed no soigns or mindin' his ways.
Jimmie (complainin' to a naybour) : "Oi wundhir wud a charm be ov my sarvice in a case loike thet?"
"Faith id moight, if yez cud git the roight soort," assented his neighbour. Then, after a moment's reflection he concluded: "Wan wid a good lump ov a hazel twig at the md ov id wud be worth thryin'."
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Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 7 August 1912, Page 7
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109A CHARM WORTH TRYING. Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 7 August 1912, Page 7
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