hendherson

Updated: July 11, 2025

And now that the bargain's made, do you think it's thrue that this old Hendherson" here he looked very cautiously about him "has as much money as they say he has?" "I b'lieve he's very rich." "It is thrue that he airs the bank notes in the garden here, and turns the guineas in the sun, for fraid for fraid they'd get blue-mowled is it?" "It may, for all I know; but it's more than I've seen yet."

William Carleton - The Black Prophet: A Tale Of Irish Famine: Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of: William Carleton, Volume Three

Oh, for the sake of all you love, and of all that love you, take it!" and as she urged her, the tears streamed down her cheeks. "No, no," replied Mrs. Sullivan, "it'll never cross my lips; not if it made me as rich as ould Hendherson, that airs his guineas in the sun, for fraid they'd get light by lyin' past." "I entreat you to take it?" said the strange woman.

William Carleton - Phil Purcel, The Pig-Driver; The Geography Of An Irish Oath; The Lianhan Shee: Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of: William Carleton, Volume Three