Tombstone daily prospector., 1890-11-18

1Dt CUsIOul or NAhtAE NLC ANo1 Ah Ireland, says the London Spectator, though by no means existing in Its ancient glory and yigOr, still obtains in a modified and shorn form in many country ais.riets Briefly described, 1t amounts 10 this-that the neighbors of the deceased assemble and spend the
 night in the room with the corpse,
 chatting and telling stories; in the meanwhile, of course, taking "a blast ay the pipe" and a drop of "the cray
 thure" to sustain them during their
 vigil. The conversation on such oc- casions naturally turns, to large e1- 1 tent, to the virtues of the departed, | which are duly embellished with all the | natural eloquence of the speakers. No | one unfamiliar with Ireland can at all realize what 8 scene wake" presents;
 and we propose to give sort Of sPeci-
 men of the conversation which prevails
 on such an occasion. ->& 't ~.-
 "An ould follyer" Is generally In seat of honor, close by the head of the bed; she has been a nurse, perhaps, in the family, and as she rocks her aged
 body backward and forward she pours
 forth with a mellihuous Southern ! brogue. in a sad, wailing tone, long piece of delightfully."- discursive domes-
 tic history. An, wishs, wisha, lave
 me alone, the masther was grand man;
 Thade Began was the grand man; he
 milked up to forty COWS" (This implies
 that he was a dairy-faruer whose stock
 amounted to that number.) ''ShGre It's
 meself reminders the day av his wed
 din; Lard Edward was at home at the
 time by the same token, an as he wint
 by our cabin heerd me mother to say;
 By gar, there's tn lard up" An shure
 enough he was. for he was on his way to
 Tim Hoolahsn's, who was minding thir- ty hogs for him. Turn thim out, Tim,
 says the lard, turn thim out says he,
 flor want to choose out two av thim,'
 says be. .To be shure, and why not,
 your honor's glory. me lardr says Tim;
 and. whin be had thim out, the lard makes chice ay wan widout Q tail, an sy anoder widout an earl An thin he says
 to Tim, says he: Have thim two bastes kilt says he, 'an' give them to the
 people that's comin' to Thade Regsn's weddin',' says he, for their dinner says he. Ah. wisha, deeiing, but the lard
 was mighty fond Ay poor Thade; may
 God be wid thim both! An don't well D reminder the time that poor Thade, rest = his sowl, bought farm near the red
 bog an how Iattinded at the dinner that
 same day"
 At this tuncture- another speskss, = thinking he should have an innings, of- - fers the nurse drink and while she if
 occupied with it he observes: "Ntsha,
 swenoch. it was the poor masther that was fand av his marning drop; many's
 the time he'd take me wid him into Jud } Molaa's little public, an he'd say Judy he'd say, give Nicholas some U thing to warm him, and take the could ,, out ay his stumick this frasthy morning. l. An by and by he'd say: Nicholas, man, l. won't ye have a glasS?' an I'd tell him
 had wan; but he'd say: Don't tell me Is you had not an ay cOorse I'd say: 'l' D isn't for the likes av me to contradict : e gintlemsn like your honor an Judi |. would fill it up again" - rszna
 A driver of a hearse who was presen 7 would add reflections which seemed t ,- him suitable to the occasion: Il tell yei ,t all that have been a driving a hears
 man an boy these twinty years an more have druy' rich an poor; an whin thu - wind was an me back, the smell av then ss both was just alike; an l didn't like
 nather. And whin l comes across a nal
 who has two or three hundred pounds
 an sees all his capers an antics, say
 to meself: What gladisthur ye are; bu = wait, me boy, until l have ye in th
 hearse, an then yell be quiet an ais
 enough Share l Wanst druv a jedge [
 the graveyard; an I saw the yalls ella g ,bove.ed down on him as well as snothe !. -an' he rott.ng wid money. God say D usl" Il.s observation called forth .a genera. exclamation: Well, Ned, yer a ter-ur." The old nUrse-"a charre q and wrinkled piece of womanhood' - 6 being now refreshed, would take up he 2 parable again. and offer her snuf-box, c q rather her snuff, to every one present N It was done in this way: holding the Do < in her right hand, she poured out som
 of its contents on the palm of her lef < Whether you used the snuff or not,
 was considered Unlucky and uncivil
 refuse to take pinch of it. "a
 Among the lower classes wakes" al
 still very prevalent; beggars have taei
 own wakes and even little childre
 arc .'wakcd.' A wake is quite an e1 hs penslve Ger, moay to a poor, strugglin s9 yoriiag-aaa or tradesman; but he feel b that he would loss caste without holC n n ing it, and he has not the moral couras sni to break through the custom. The e' 1ts penses of a wake in the strong" farn sos ing class are very serious item, indee' iiE The Roman Catholic clergy nevada. nd generally or universally discourage tn su custom; but it is so deeply rooted thi .a.1 as, its eradication must be a question L<s time.
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