THE BROWNIES IN IRELAND.

 

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He plucked a shamrock from the ground
And proved to him, with logic sound,
That, three in one and one in three,
It symbolized the Trinity.”
They thought to ride to Mullingar
From Bantry in a jaunting-car.
But it was hardly fit to hold
So large a band of Brownies bold,
A mishap came to them to mar
Their pleasure ere they journeyed far.
They might have made the trip complete
And each have kept his place or seat
Did not a linch-pin break or bend
And give the wheel a chance to end
A partnership existing long
Between it and the axle strong.
And soon that dissolution showed

 

A pile of Brownies on the road,
Lights and shadows

And others who were forced to slide comoardias
Into a ditch with mud supplied. While we eee eee

‘Some to the donkey shouted “Whoa!”

But he was in no shape to go.
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