IRISHMAN'S LUCK.
An inhabitant of an outlying, inland where horses weref unknown, came to the Irish mainland .to buy one, but found he could not afford it. But be bought an , earthen jar .from a shopkeeper, said to contain a .mare's egg, which, kept warm, would eventually produce a "foal. 'The islander sat dqgwa-. to Test and placed the jar beside $4m on the bank, struck a rock, and was smashed to pieces. A.hare, which had been crouching beneath the rock, startled by the cVas^ sprang out and made off at a great speed,
>The unhappy islander, in an agony of despair, gazed after" what he believed to be his emancipated £©al, and exclaimed, with a bitter groan: "Ood be with me!. What a hoss he would have been. Arrah! If he was but a two-year-old, the divil simsilf couldn't catch him.'*: , I
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Hutt News, Volume 2, Issue 45, 17 April 1930, Page 5
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143IRISHMAN'S LUCK. Hutt News, Volume 2, Issue 45, 17 April 1930, Page 5
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