umproper

Updated: May 16, 2025

"'No fire can be lit in the hall, says Lawrence, 'for there's an ould jackdaw's nest in the chimney. "'Oh thin, says my father, 'let us stop in the kitchen, for it's very umproper for the likes iv me to be sittin' in the parlour, says he. "'Oh, Terry, that can't be, says Lawrence; 'if we keep up the ould custom at all, we may as well keep it up properly, says he.

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu - J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 4