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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D5459/2/47
TitleAn Irish Leap, or a Pat Reply to a Plain Question
DateJun 1807
DescriptionAn Irish sailor crouches on the deck of a ship, rubbing his leg. He is watched by a captain and two sailors. The first sailor says:
"Shiver my top-sails - what down plunges! And yet he don't seem much hurt. "
The next sailor comments:
"He must have come direct from the top gallant mast head."
The captain, leaning towards the Irish sailor, asks: "My good fellow - where the devil did you come from?", to which the Irish sailor replies
"Please your Honor - I came from the North of Ireland."
LevelSubSeries
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
ArtistWoodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809)
Archive CreatorGeorge Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer
Publication NoteBM Sat 10913
TermSailors
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