Imleabhar: CBÉ 0220 (Cuid 1)

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1. The Adventures of Patsy (ar lean)

   

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   knife to cut a bit of tobacco but he said he had no knife as he didn't smoke at all. Well" says I " maybe I'd get to cut a bit off the tobacco with the blade of the scythe. So I opened the gate and went in. I took up the scythe and started to cut the bit of tobacco but it wouldn't cut butter in the dog days it was so blunt. How do you mow would that says I" Well" he says I'm sharpenin' it every five minutes and i cant keep an edge on it at all" Well says Patsy" I took up the scythe and just gave the blade a few rubs up and down and I had it as sharp as a lance. I then cut the bit of tobacco without any bother and when I had me pipe filled and full steam ahead I gave the blade a few more rubs and handed the scythe to him and toulf him could he mow any better now. He made a big swipe and went through the grass so quick that he says "Begor I missed it". "Well says Patcy" there was a sharp edge for you, he thought he missed it." Well I left him there and strolled , [?] near night I was growing tired and I strolled into a farmer's house. The farmer and the woman were sitting near the fire and there were three or four

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