HE HADN'T THE RECEIPT
A poor Irish mn passing a butcher's shop one day observed some liver for sa'e. Not knowing what it was, ho inquired of the butcher whether it was cheap and good to eat? Receiving an anwor m the affirmative, he said he would bay, but his old woman knew only how to boil praties, whereupon the butcher good naturedly offered to write him a receipt for preparing the savory dish. With this and hie purchase dangling conspicuously m his hend, Pat sallied forth m triumph He had not proceeded far, however, before a lean and hungry cur of a dog, which bad been prowling around, snatched the tasty morsel m his jaws, and made tracks as fast as his legs would carry him. Our Hibernian friend, m nowise disconcerted ntjtb,B mishap, turned round with a broad gria on his countenance, and ohaking his Bat at the canine thief, who was fast disappearing m the distance, said : " Arrah, ye dirty blackguard, yer eowld this time. You've got the liver, bat you can't cook it, for I'Togot tjje rt»to m my pooktV
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1742, 17 January 1888, Page 2
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184HE HADN'T THE RECEIPT Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1742, 17 January 1888, Page 2
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