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14 And should I cry without sorrow? when criers to cry all the way before her to keep her in the fashion. Tom. And what do they cry before a dead woman ? Teag. Why they cry the common cry, or funeral Arteril that is used in our Irish country, Tom. And what manner of cry is that Paddy? Teag. Dear Tom, if you don't know I'll tell you, when liiy person dies, there is a member of criers goes before, Lying, Luff, fuff, fon, allellet, dear honey, what aileth thee to die! it was not for want of good buttermilk and potatoes.

PART III.

Tom. Wilt Paddy, an what did you do when you wile died? Teag. Dear honey, what would I do? do you think I as such a big fool as to die too, I am sure if I had I as my father was w bier De when I ain not so old yet Tom. No, Paddy, it is not that I mean, was you sorry, or did you weep for her ? Teag. Weep for her, by shaint Patrick I would not weep, nor yet be sorry, suppose my own mother and all the women in Ireland had died seven years before I was born. Tom. What did you do with your children when she died? Teag. Do you imagine I was such a big fool as bury my children alive along with a dead woman ; Arra, dear honey, we always commonly give nothing along with a dead person, but an old shirt; a winding sheet, a big hammer, with a long candle, and an Irish silver three- penny piece ? Tom. Dear Paddy, and what do they make of all these things? Teag. Then Tom, since yon are so inquisitive, you must go ask the Priest. Tom. What did yon make of your children Paddy?