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Teag. O, my dear ſhoy, ſhe was buried in all manner of pomp, pride, and ſplendour! She had a fine coffin, with cords in it, and within the coffin, along with herself, ſhe got a pair of new brogs, a penny candle, a good hard headed old hammer, with an Irish ſixpenny piece, to pay her passage at the gate; and what more could ſhe look for, tho' ſhe had been a noble lady? Tom. I really think you gave her plenty along, with her; but you ought to have cried for her, if it was no more than to be in the fashion. Teag. And why should I cry without ſorrow, when we 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 in your country, Pady? Teag. Why, they cry the common cry, or, funeral lament, that is used in Ireland, Tom. And what manner of cry is that, Pady? Teag. Arra, dear honey, if you don't know, I will tell you.--When any dies, there is ſeveral criers goes before the corpse, ſaying Luſſ, fuſſ, ſou, allelieu! dear honey, what ailed thee to die? It was not for want of meal, nor malt, bread nor cheese, good butter-milk nor potatoes.

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P A R T III. Tom. Well, Pady. and, what did you do when your wife died? Teag. Dear honey. what would I do! Do you think I was ſuch a big fool as to die too? I am ſure if I had I ſhould not have got fair play, when I am not ſo old yet as my father was when he died; he liv'd very long indeed.