Show c CURIOUS BITS OF HISTORY by A W macy A NOSE TAX in the ninth century when the danes dane were managing things in fit I 1 ireland and much to the disgust of the natives they imposed a yearly tax of one ounce of gold cold on each irish householder the nonpayment non payment of which was to be punished by having the th nose slit irishmen have never been noted for wealth and gold la Is almost ail scarce as snakes in the emerald isle consequently the tax was a great burden and the th majority of householders were unable to pay it the delinquent tax list soon became something formidable and it teemed as though ireland elard Ir would soon become a nation of silt allt noses the people stood it for thirteen years and then rose in their wrath and massacred mau mat acred sacred many of their oppressors the tha others took kook the hint and tho the odious law was repeated repealed |