ST. PATRICK'S BIRTHDAY.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 742, 20 March 1877, Page 3

ST. PATRICK'S BIRTHDAY.

Wit and Huihout* are' atndrig the most striking ch4racteristic3 of the Irjish race. They are^fnhncl not otily among the higher and educated classes, bnt also among the poorest and humblest.:^ Here.,^is a '■..'.■gem of Samtfel Lover's growing out oti the legend of^Sfc. Patrick's birth ?~' . On tbe eighth day of Ma r ch it was, some people aay, ..-.,. . : ; - That Saint Patrick at midnight he first ; taw thoday; :.'■ While'othera declare 'twas the ninth he i was born, , '*" . . And 'twas all a mistake bet w em mi d night and morn': v r '•;; •For mistakes will ooour m a hurry and: L : shock,^ .■>■'■■' „ ./, :-\:. : .:".-:/■'' •■•: : . And some blamed the baby and some i : \ blamed the clock ; ; .. Till.with all their cross-questions.' eufe no fi j one could, kpow,, |„ ,., I ;, v ,v\ r ; If the ohUd was too fast or the. clock, was I: \ toO8lok : '' ;:i '-- i; ; i. '•'.' ! ;IJ i' h:Ui •''> ' Nowthg'fii'st^factrbn fighfc y ifa Ouia^tre- :;■• : lana^ theyjsay oi (■■jst.-.vi.j .;.■,;•.•; i^ c Was all on account oof j Sfc; Patrick's . Birthday-; ... Some- fought) for theieighth-j-ior tbjß ninth ? i: | more wou'd die— And ;.whp ( wouldn' t t . see , right, sure, . they : :V< • black ehedihis eye* ".'..".".'.!'. • ' .',•'.'. At laßti'both '.'tli'i fabtiens Iso poiitiv- | grew, ■ '-" i; ''■■>'•" l^at c'.ch k'.pt a birthdajr— to Pit Ihsn .' j had,' two.; J./ .■.*' '■ ir i l. ■ ' i , ••■'. V * >ji i i 'Till Fftthar; Mulcahy, who ,sho wed. them ,J ' sins, ;..-.,.,'■;"■■ ■','{•,]'<>■■/ •-•- - : , : - Said i?o one cpuid have two birthdays but '" I "a't'Wlns/..'.f " ; ;;_ ,' .^:^, ....',.'. ' r :,.^ „■,, Says the :; " Boys,- don't -be figh ! fin' ; for 1 sight or for nine ; .■!;;;.': Donft be always dividin', but 'gdmßtimes ■ Icoaibihe.--' : ■ >:; .•.>'.> l-.r.w .\L . ; -!' .vy :■,?■-■;• Combine fight with nine;,/ and seventeen ■■• '■ is the mark, .- . ,; /i,,-,.: ; : .;•" (-•••■ Se 1 let that be his birthday." V Ameh !?V • says the clerk. , c ■ ' ' "If he wasn't a twins, aare cur hist fy *" Will BJOW, . ' . That at least, he's worth any- two saints that; we know J" .; .</ ; i „; i, . i > Then they all got blind drank— which completed their bliss, And we Keep np the practice from ithat day to this.