AN ABSENTEE LANDLORD
A ‘smart’ touristy asked the Irish driver of his car the name of a bridge in Ireland. ‘ That’s the Divil’s Bridge, sorr,’ he said. • foreigner' what is that mountain called?’ asked the foreigner. ‘ ’Tis the Divil’s Mountain, so it is, sorr ’ raind Aml th ° valley? ’ P limie<l the fare, with’the inquiring
‘ Well, that’s the Divil’s Valley, too, sorr.’ The tourist, meaning to be very witty, remarked; ‘The devil seems to have possession of a large part of this country, my man.’ But an Irish jarvey is hard to beat in a wordy contest, and this carman answered with extra suavity: ‘ Why, then, sorr, so he has, but we don’t care a ha’porth for that, for why he’s an absentee landlord. ’Tis in England he lives!’
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New Zealand Tablet, 18 May 1911, Page 933
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128AN ABSENTEE LANDLORD New Zealand Tablet, 18 May 1911, Page 933
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