, 1866-11-18
IRISH Bulls

IRISH BULLS.
IFrcrn Chsmbrru' Jonrnal.1
Why the Irish, Of all people, should DO
distinguished for bull. naaktng, or why there
should exist among the natfyes Of Ireland
such an innate and n. isseass'oae psopensl!y 10
eide. Nj: and Miss Edgeworth, In their in
qulry into the etymology Of Irish Bulls, en-
dcaFot TO account for 1t thus: "Tlat the
Engli-h not being the mother tongue Of the
natives Of Ireland, to them it Is foreign
within the limits OF probability that ther
Ehould avoid making blunde1s both Ia
sfcaking and In writing" However this
r.py be; m Irish bull Ia thing more easily
conceived than defined. Perhaps. did We
Of bold trupes and figures which come down
to Us from the old Greek writer's aud ora:
Tors, the nearest approach we could find to
1t would be under The title Of G1taeArrsis-a
catncbrckis being the '' boldest 1t amy tfupc,
NECESSITY makes 1t borrow aud employ an
expression or term contrary to the thing it
means to express" This certainly conveys
q Just idea Of what an Irish bull Is or should
Many Of the following examples we give
personal knoa 1eaee, and wesr never before
published. The rest we have selected from
q variety Of SOURCES, and have been careful
always 10 distinguish between biunders mud
bulis-a distinction which is Often neg
1ectcd.
One Of the richest specimens of real Irish
bull which has ere. fallen under our notice
was rerptt1 ated by that clever and witty,
but laundering Irish Knight, Sir Richard
Steele. when inviting certain English no.
llemnn 10 visit him. III, cir eaid he, lyon
h.1e you ,riH stg7, there r. Another, by the
tn1ne gentleman, is we'll worth recording.
Being asked how he accounted for his couu-
trymcn making 50 many bulls, he replied ::
II cannot tell, If 1t is not the effect of the
climate. fancy, II an EaJffItnaan tnas born
IN Ir<laad he would Just mike ns many"
This, again. reminds us Of that well.
Instance U1 wounded Irish pride related of
the porter Of Dublin grocer, who vas
brought, By his master, before magistrate
be could scarcely plead mot guilty." On
being asked TO whom be sold II, the pride Of
whom did I sell It ~ cried Pat. Nov, do
yon think was SO name as to take It to
..what did YOU do with it2'' "Do wid it
| Well, then, since you must know, took II
home. and nc aud my ou'd oman male fay
If iL-''
4 rich bull Is recorded Of IN Iri4hman nt
cards, WHO, on inspecting the pool. fonnd !!
he: .'who put 1t iu ~
| This bull WAS nctually pcrPettatcd; 80 also
| was the following: Two eminent members ol
the Ir's''.bar, Doylennd Il lvcrton, quarrelled
they came to hard blows. Doyle, the more
| powerful tnan Of the two lat the fists. at
| fenst, knocked 1oHn his antagonist twice,
| yeheEently exclaimlng: "You scounarel
I'll make yon behave yourself like 4 gentle
man." To which Yelverton, iis{ng, replied
with equal indignation: mo, sir, never.
defy you Tau could not do II n
The next declaration OF independence VI
record occurred to our own knowledge. Il
was uttered by M cxasreratcd ruras lover
Inc bcyonds'' with her ttcourtinc' and s.car.
ryiugs. o1,'' with his rival. II will never
sbnkc to yen more p he exclaimed with cx
ceeding ye1ation. Keep yonr s7,ake to your
self, then," said the provoking girl, cooiy
'Ism sure can live without either it q
Tus the wratLful rcjoinder.
Most of our readers nre familiar, no ao:ibt
with tie gallant yonng lrf.hman. who do
clnrtd to his sweetheart that he Was In Eucf
.fur drtan,lng Of her- A parallel instance AZ
this occurred In our own hearing, when ,
poor fellow protested 10 " his girl'' in th'
fayfeld thai hts two eyes hadn't g,He 10
Ntler uN night for thinking abont her
livery likely they did not,''' replied thi
sweet plague Of his b, llie' "for see your "0'
The following was rerpetratcd br {oun!
Isi.h gentleman, who was cxccedIng!;
anxious to meet certain young Irish Lad
! at The honsc of common lady friend, VIII
lad expressed her entire readiness las mos
ladies' would under similar te,nptations) /
perform the omiablc part OF " daisy -plckcr'
10 the young couple.
: sBui,'' said the poor fellow anxionsly
: .sthcrc is nothing In the world hall 60 en-
: barrassine, you Know, as to meet girl B.
appointueut, am sure under the clrcum
. e!anccs, T 4oouldnr 6e mys9f-ueither ,so,.i
sh-! Suppose, my dear madam, you coul
, manage 1t go Is TO let Us meet nt your hons
some evening srithous f1ther q ts bring n,ca'
that tie other .ras present"
Still another pair Of lovers Claims our a
tention. The young lady, less tlnstcrcd tha
! her admirer, addressed him in these tcfn,l
: "Il like you exceedingly, hut cannot qu
e my home. ! nm Widows only darling. ar
;. no husband could equal my parent In kin
+ ness" "she may BE- kind" replied her WOO
t all live together, and see If l don't beat No
IS | mu:A.r''
d The next sight that VIC get into tho car
r. and troubles that married life is heir TO
through the mild romonsttance Of q i{ibt
MAN Tater hm!lIas, who declares to hfs vi
that he really wishes The children could
kept in the nursery while he Is at home. II
= thnurh." he cons1dcrately adds, II 1ool
no. c9jest to tht'r 'soi't i thy 'eo'sd only X
fuIt.'
l
III doubtless still resides that old bcgsa1.wom
80 who, whilst soliciting charity. declared s
" was ihe mother Of sit ANAL children and a >
I. htk and.
as We wonder was this lady any relation
:, - the poor 1rish,nan ha offered his only sau
p Inn. inquired why be did so. .Ah, my b
aG cys.' said hc,, !. sure wouldn't be al
on %, ,arsln' wld II Il T wasn't to get some mo.
IIn Ial TO buy somethin' to put In tt.'
r. The next bull that occurs to me WAS ntf
y. I'd hy a poor woman who. in nil the pr
T. y. and glory Of her maternal heart, WAS
40 claripr to kind-hearted listener that sil
IN the world WAS n world there never was 81
u aclcvcr boy as her Bill; he had just madet
! chpir< and fiddle out cf his own head, d
* o1 had plenty Of wood left for another.
~ A similar mechanical genius had that IT
~, carpenter In america, who In sending in
lat little account to a farmer for whom he
ne ne bcen working, informed him that 1t vas .'
~ hanging two barn doors and ha''seJ, SCI
NJ hours. one dollar and half"
PIC In direct Contradiction to this ackno
ou edged attempt at sc1fdestruction. We b
~ the story Of a ccrt,in physician, who, c
~ ductlug rot norton examination In c
~. nt; in!anticldc, reported that he WAS una
ua to discover whether the child was air
Wy NJ. the time Of derh, OF not
~ ~ "As wns going over the bridge the OF
MS dAy,n said a native OF Erin, ~ met
IN Newins. tHcwins,' says how arc 70
ere ere Pretty well, thank you. pontl's,' says
mt Faith, then, no more is mine Hcxins.'
n. ms with that We both looked at aich Of
o.n again, and srrc enough It was naythcr Of
'3! I'm And where is the hull in that now:"
", 1t must have been twin sister OF this
en- ~ by FILLING Into we'll, committed very
oe bull. when she pious1y md thankfully
'eR clated that only tor Providence and ano
q woman she never would have got out.
EMO Horace Walpolc records In his Wa1pol
In: IT, M an Irish bull which he prononness 7
lac the best he ever met With. II hate that
'nse man." eaid gentleman, looking at pc
- who had been bis nurse-"1 hate her.
aud when was child, she changed MT
on nustc" This was indeed petplcxing d!
th e tbr pul nne of m irishman
Tue rrayeiy informs us that he iran away {
'atp. In life from his father on discovering he
sale only bis uncle"
: 70 Aeair = poor Irish lad, complaining oi
long harsh behavior Of HIS father, declares tie
| treats him as If he were his sen by ano
laea father nnd mother.
the soil, md proves that in Ireland al least
,tcel determination to overcome tmFossibillt
pose not yet extinct. An Irishman having
At. lcnged . gentleman to fight duel,
the somehow forgot to attend the appoinln
ie Is met accidentlJ that same day the offer
oa II partT, and thus addressed MIN: +" Vel
thiu / met you this morning, but you dit
nblc cn1nr however am Lvtrr1pincito NEE
Let | tn.morrnrr 1nn-nfnrr whether you cor
o,o0o not n We wonder WIS the gentleman
displayed such reluctance 10 be preset
,coE. same who declared he would not ii
ould duel, because he was unwilling to lca'
lowl- al mother nm ornhan,
Sc An apnrenticc eaIipr-boy fell from
ps, 1t ronnd.tnn" TO tho deck, stunned, hut
even hurt Thc Cnufafn exclaimed N sur
.onl- 1W.hv. where did you come ftotu!" ''
have thr N,,5ti, of Irrl.nd. ycr honor!' wa
rest prompt reply Of the puor fcl'nw- as he
LIS to An Irish nj pcr announces tho deat
econ. I ,,1nr saesf man en1let GaIT, Ue had bei