Ireland's Welcome to the Stranger: Or An Excursion Through Ireland, in 1844 & 1845, for the Purpose of Personally Investigating the Condition of the Poor. By A. NicholsonBaker and Scribner, 1847 - 456 pages |
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Page 348 - She hitched her basket over her shoulder, and in company with one older than herself, skipped upon the sand made wet with rain, and turning suddenly about, gave me a pretty specimen of Kerry dancing, as practised by the peasantry. " The sand is too wet, ma'am, to dance right well on," and again shouldering her basket, with a " God speed ye on ye'r journey,