The Archive · 1939

Irish Difficulties

Tuts is said to have appeared some time ago in the "Irish Times":

"The key of the Irish difficulty is to be found in the empty pocket of the landlord."

In Solitude Tuts is from a recent newspaper report. It was quoted, without comment, in the "New Statesman":

"He was carrying his cup away when his Wife abused him, knocked the tea out of his hands, poured pepper on the bread and butter, and hit him on the nose. He went upstairs and comforted himself.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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