Show TOO MUCH FOR THE CORPSE exhibition of meanness that galvanized the dead irishman into indignant life dont bo be menn mean in your offerings feringa of said bald T P oconnor in a plea I 1 in n new york for the irish cause the irish cant stand meanness no no the irish cant stand meanness take ogradus OG case you know in ireland some 60 or 70 years ago when a poor family lacked a coffin they mado made the corpse bedfor it this custom alas sometimes led to imposture thus thirsty and his friends wanted money badly once and ogrady was assigned to act the corpse so they laid him on a bler bier outside the door and they put a pewter plato plate beside him tor for the pennies As ogrady lay there so still with closed eyes an old woman stopped and dropped sixpence into the plate then she began to io take out change A penny she took out and ogrady stand such meanness corpse as ho he was he said arrah now dont mind the change washington star |