a-gintleman

Updated: June 20, 2025

You are now immediately opposite the door of the seminary, when half a dozen of those seated next it notice you. "Oh, sir, here's a gintleman on a horse! masther, sir, here's a-gintleman on a horse, wid boots and spurs on him, that's looking in at us."

William Carleton - The Hedge School; The Midnight Mass; The Donagh: Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of: William Carleton, Volume Three