pottykarry

Updated: May 9, 2025

"And sure enough there was a Timothy in the other shop, for I heard the boy call the other by the name; however, it's no matter, if it took off the skin, it also took away the thumbago, so the morning to you, Mr Pottykarry." When the Irishman departed, we made our appearance. "Japhet, did you sell a plaister to an Irishman?" "Yes don't you recollect, last Saturday? and I gave you the shilling."

Frederick Marryat - Japhet, in Search of a Father