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 13 Tom. I really think you gave her enough along with ther, but you ought to have cried for her, if it was no more but to be in the faſhion. Teag. And why ſhould I cry without ſorrow ? when sve hired two criers to cry all the way before her to keep in the faſhion. Tom. And what do they cry before a dead woman? Teag. Why they cry the common cry or funeral la- ment that is uſed in our Iriſh country. Tom And what manner of cry is that, Pady? Teag. Dear Tom, if you don't know, I'll tell you, when any dies, there is a number of criers goes before, aying Luff, fuſſ fou, allelieu dear honey, what aileth, hee to die! it was not for want of good butter-milk and potatoes.

PART. III. TOM WELL, Pady and what did you do when your wife died ? Teag. Dear honey, what would I do: do you think was ſuch a big fool as to die too, I am ſure, if I had would not have got fair play, when I am not fo old et as my father was when he died Tom. No, Pady, 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 or yet be ſorry, ſuppoſe my own mother, and Il 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 ury my children alive along with a dead woman Arra, near honey we always commonly give nothing along urith a dead perſon, but an old ſhirt, a winding ſheet, big hammer, with a long candle, and an Iriſh ſilver three-penny piece ? Tom. Dear Pady, and what do they make of all eſe things.