[{"node":{"title":"Hanna231","Collections":"Part Three","Contributor":"Linen Hall Library","Coverage":"1951","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, April 7, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Hanna231","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Ireland, Laughter","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/hanna231","Publisher":"Linen Hall Library","Relation":"Linen Hall Library","Rights":"Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA","Scanned image":{"src":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/sites/default/files/Hanna231_0.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff224\n\nvigorous life, and the whiskey only fired them and\nloosened their tongues. And Petie, who had drunk\nmore in the past two hours than he had in the past\nten years, hung grimly on to the discourse, and the\ntable. The brothers held out their arms for him to\nfeel and boasted about their strength and skill at\ngaelic football.\n\n\"And I tell ye what, Petie, me bould cock,\" said\nHugh, \"you\u2019ll see the day when we\u2019ll all be playing\nthe ould Irish games - all creeds and persuasions o'\nus!\"\n\nThis generous piece of heterodoxy was matched by\nPetie raising himself uncertainly at the table and\nsinging:\n\nIreland was a Nation\nAlien England was a pup\nAnd Ireland will be Ireland\nWhen England's buggered up.\nI'm as good a Roman Cath-o-lick\nAs ever went to Mass\nAnd all you English gentlemen\nCan kiss me Irish Ass!\n\nA tremendous uproar broke out from the snug at\nthis. Hugh Ogle thumped the partition with his fist,\nand Peter, tears of laughter running down his face,\nraised old Petie's hat and clapped it back on his head.\n\"Ch-ho, ye black-mouthed ould Presbyterian! We\u2019ll have\nye in wi\u2019 us yet, before ye die!\" he roared. The bar-\ntender had to shout before he could make himself heard.\n\"Come on you men, pack it up. Ye saw that sign up there\n- 'No Party Songs'. You\u2019ve had enough - more'n enough\nby the look o\u2019 your da,\" and he jerked his thumb at\nretie.\n\n'One more for the road, manager,\" said Hugh, raising\nhis hand. \"Not a damn drop - you've got all you're gonna\nget in this house.\" He held the door open invitingly.\n\"Now, any time ye like - gentlemen.\"\n","Type":"Text"}}]