Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 December 1884 — Hibernicisms. [ARTICLE]

Hibernicisms.

“I like action,” remarked a candid Celt, “but I hate work.” This is a home truth of the widest application to the Irish character. Among special Celtic characteristics, a prominent place should be given to the power o; apology. “It was not the dthrop I had taken,” said a Kerry peasant charged .with being drunk and disorderly, “but I had a shmoke out of a neighbor’s pipe, asd that leaned Upon me.” ' A Boston firm advertises “shafts tor elopements." They never squeak- ;