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Show Irish Wit. The pat answer which has been defined de-fined as "an Irish come-back" is more tvpical of Irish wit than the bull. Bulls which are common to the humor of all lands usually indicate slow comprehension com-prehension or lax thinking. But the Irish bull is often an instance of thought overleaping itself-a flash of perspicacity. When a shrewd doctor savs that "warm stockings are the best chest protectors," we recognize a forcible and picturesque statement; wuer, tfupoleon declared that most people dig their graves with their teeth," we see a pointed truth. But when a Kerry doctor remarks dryly that "people are dying this winter that never died before." we see a merry Irish "bull." Catholic Citizen. |