 Enniscorthy callin' us all gallows Papishes, an' swearin' oath upon oath that they'd cut us down like thistles.'21 The magic word 'oath' is taken up by Rattlin' Bill Nale, a mysterious fortune-teller whose own history is a source of much local gossip...  The Croppy: A Tale of 1798 - Page 27by John Banim, Michael Banim - 1828Full view - About this book
 | O'Hara family pseud - 1865 - 452 pages
...May my soul neversee Heaven's light, bat I'll have life for my glide-woman's life, and life for bir child's life !" " D'ye mind, Jack Delouchery ?" questioned...in Enniscorthy callin' us all gallows Papishes, an' swearm' oath upon oath that they'd cut us down like thistles." " Oath !" repeated Bill ; " talkin'... | |
 | John Banim - 1865 - 450 pages
...Delouchery ?" questioned Bill. " And now tell me, why is King George -makin' sodgers of all the Protcstauis in Wexford, an' givin' 'em firelocks an' bagnets ?"...taciturn Gow spoke no word. " I hard a dozen o' Capt'n Whale) 's Yeomen in Enniscorthy callin' us all gallows Papishes, an' swearin' oath iipcu oath that... | |
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