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Updated: July 13, 2026

"One bird pickin', two men thrashin'; one bird pickin', two men thrashin'; one bird pickin' " "Sir, they're stickn' pins in me, here." "Who is, Briney?" "I don't know, sir, they're all at it." "Boys, I'll go down to yez." * In the hedge schools it was usual for the unfortunate culprit about to be punished to avail himself of all possible stratagems that were calculated to diminish his punishment.

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