thumb-kissing

Updated: July 9, 2025

Thumb-kissing is another feature in Paddy's adroitness too important to be passed over in silence. Here his tact shines out again!

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