Some Irish Yesterdays

Some Irish Yesterdays

An Outpost of Ireland Picnics Boon Companions The Biography of a Pump Hunting Mahatmas A Patrick's Day Hunt Alsatia "In Sickness and in Health" Horticultural Out of Hand A Record of Holiday Lost, Stolen, or Strayed Children of the Captivity Slipper's A B C of Fox-Hunting The Authors desire to thank the Editors of the Magazines and Periodicals in which the following Sketches have appeared, for their permission to reprint them here; and they wish also to acknowledge the courtesy of Messrs. Constable & Co. in permitting the reproduction of "A Patrick's Day Hunt." Twelfth Day was accordingly added to Miss Gerraghty's list of Bath Holidaysthat is to say, the list allotted to Miss Gerraghty's visitors. Judging from appearances, her private list was composed of one infinite bath holiday; indeed, she has been heard in the kitchen announcing in clear tones her opinion of "them thrash of baths" to an audience whose hands and faces wore a sympathetic half-mourning. Nature, we were given to understand, had intended Miss Gerraghty to be a lady; a fate more blind to the fitness of things decreed that she should serve tables in a Galway lodging-house, a position in which higher destinies are likely to be overlooked. Some touches of dignity remained hers by an immutable etiquette; no cap had ever found footing upon her raven fringe; a watch chain took the place of the ignoble white apron. Chiefest of all prerogatives, she was addressed as "Miss Gerraghty" by the establishment, an example so carefully set by her brother, the proprietor, as to suggest that her dowry was mingled with the funds of the management. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 53348
Author: Ross, Martin
Release Date: Oct 22, 2016
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Contributor (Author): Somerville, E. Oe. (Edith Oenone), 1858-1949