Irish Wit and Humor

Excerpt from Irish Wit and Humor: Classified Under Appropriate Subject Headings, With in Many Cases, a Reference to a Table of Authors Yes, it is still going on But it has only just began! - inaugurated, in a new spirit, by a departure from the methods of the past, and by the recognition of Ireland's right to stand on God's earth on the Creator's own terms, viz., to recognize no man, or nation, as master, terms which, by the way, we not without the help of Irishmen - coerced our early conquerors into conceding to us. Meanwhile Erin's hopefulness is Erin's indestructibility and her wit and humor will be found to have been not the least potent factors in bringing about her approaching victory. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.