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Updated: May 4, 2025

In time of peace, why, to hell with England, say I, like all good Irishmen; but in time av war-r, it's shoulder to shoulder, John Bull an' Paddy, say I, an' we'll lick the wor-r-rld!" And McTee broke in savagely. "You forget the Scotch. Without the Scotch, England and Ireland what could they do? Nothing!" "Could they not?" said Harrigan, with rising temper.

Max Brand - Harrigan

"Do I mean am I willin' to pay the bye out of yer clutches?" demanded the cobbler, with growing heat. "'Deed and I am! and if my pile isn't big enough, mebbe I kin find good friends of Neale O'Neil in this town that'll be glad to chip in wid me and give the bye his chance. "I've been layin' a bit av money by, from year to year God knows why! for I haven't chick nor child in the wor-r-rld.

Grace Brooks Hill - The Corner House Girls at School