An Irishman, confessing his sins, admitted that he had avoided paying his rent, that he had been poaching birds on Monday, salmon on Tuesday, had snared a fine hare on Wedhesday, and on Friday had shot the rent collector. “Ah, now,” said the priest, “don’t be after tellin’ me your amusements. It’s your sins Oi’m wantin’ to hear.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 July 1938, Page 5
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