PAT ON CANNON-MAKING
At the time when Sir W, Armstrong’s heavy guns were awakening such interest in military circles, two Irishmen were in conversation on the subject. ‘ Pat,’ says one, ‘ howiver do they make them cannons without a jine ?’ * Arrah !’ exclaimed Pat, * sure, it’s aisy to un'dershtand ye were rared in a bog ! Dosent everybody know that they get a round hole an’ pour a lot ov iron round it !’
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Wairoa Bell, Volume V, Issue 224, 17 November 1893, Page 9
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70PAT ON CANNON-MAKING Wairoa Bell, Volume V, Issue 224, 17 November 1893, Page 9
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