Eire Condition
An Irishman, being ask’d if he understood French? Reply’d, Yes, Joy, I understand French perfectly well, provided it’s spoken in Irish.
– The Jester’s Magazine, February 1766
An idler's miscellany of compendious amusements
An Irishman, being ask’d if he understood French? Reply’d, Yes, Joy, I understand French perfectly well, provided it’s spoken in Irish.
– The Jester’s Magazine, February 1766
