aesiopius

Updated: August 15, 2026

"Is that Latin or Greek, Briney?" "It's Latin, Phaddhy." "And what's the translation of that?" "It signifies the Fables of AEsiopius." "Bliss my sowl! and Briney, did ye consther that out of yer own head?" "Hogh! that's little of it. If ye war to hear me consther Gallus Gallinaceus, a dunghill cock?" "And, Briney, are ye in Greek at all yet?"

William Carleton - The Station; The Party Fight And Funeral; The Lough Derg Pilgrim: Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of: William Carleton, Volume Three