Chapter I

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading I’d be noways denyin’ the say’s done ill turns on us now and agin; But our bit of an Inish, begorrah, I’ll stan’ by thro’ thick an’ thro’ thin, For the pleasant ould times we’ve had on it is more than I’ll ever forget, And except for th’ ould master’s misfortins, belike we’d be havin’ thim yet.

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From this reading Ay, we’ve plenty enough o’ the say, an’ good luck to’t; I don’t understand How the folk keep continted at all that be settled far up on the land, Out o’ reach o’ the tides; ’tis like livin’ wid never a chance to be spied, And what use is one’s life widout chances?

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From this reading Ye’ve always a chance wid the tide; For ye never can tell what ’twill take in its head to sthrew round on the shore; Maybe dhrift-wood, or grand bits o’ boards, that comes handy for splicin’ an oar; Or a crab skytin’ back o’er the shine o’ the wet-- sure, whatever ye’ve found, It’s a sort o’ diversion thim whiles when ye’re starvin’ an’ sthreelin’ around.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading Ye’ve always a chance wid the tide; For ye never can tell what ’twill take in its head to sthrew round on the shore; Maybe dhrift-wood, or grand bits o’ boards, that comes handy for splicin’ an oar; Or a crab skytin’ back o’er the shine o’ the wet-- sure, whatever ye’ve found, It’s a sort o’ diversion thim whiles when ye’re starvin’ an’ sthreelin’ around.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading Ay, we’ve plenty enough o’ the say, an’ good luck to’t; I don’t understand How the folk keep continted at all that be settled far up on the land, Out o’ reach o’ the tides; ’tis like livin’ wid never a chance to be spied, And what use is one’s life widout chances?

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading I’d be noways denyin’ the say’s done ill turns on us now and agin; But our bit of an Inish, begorrah, I’ll stan’ by thro’ thick an’ thro’ thin, For the pleasant ould times we’ve had on it is more than I’ll ever forget, And except for th’ ould master’s misfortins, belike we’d be havin’ thim yet.

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From this reading I’d be noways denyin’ the say’s done ill turns on us now and agin; But our bit of an Inish, begorrah, I’ll stan’ by thro’ thick an’ thro’ thin, For the pleasant ould times we’ve had on it is more than I’ll ever forget, And except for th’ ould master’s misfortins, belike we’d be havin’ thim yet.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading I’d be noways denyin’ the say’s done ill turns on us now and agin; But our bit of an Inish, begorrah, I’ll stan’ by thro’ thick an’ thro’ thin, For the pleasant ould times we’ve had on it is more than I’ll ever forget, And except for th’ ould master’s misfortins, belike we’d be havin’ thim yet.

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From this reading Ye’ve always a chance wid the tide; For ye never can tell what ’twill take in its head to sthrew round on the shore; Maybe dhrift-wood, or grand bits o’ boards, that comes handy for splicin’ an oar; Or a crab skytin’ back o’er the shine o’ the wet-- sure, whatever ye’ve found, It’s a sort o’ diversion thim whiles when ye’re starvin’ an’ sthreelin’ around.

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From this reading Ye’ve always a chance wid the tide; For ye never can tell what ’twill take in its head to sthrew round on the shore; Maybe dhrift-wood, or grand bits o’ boards, that comes handy for splicin’ an oar; Or a crab skytin’ back o’er the shine o’ the wet-- sure, whatever ye’ve found, It’s a sort o’ diversion thim whiles when ye’re starvin’ an’ sthreelin’ around.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading Ye’ve always a chance wid the tide; For ye never can tell what ’twill take in its head to sthrew round on the shore; Maybe dhrift-wood, or grand bits o’ boards, that comes handy for splicin’ an oar; Or a crab skytin’ back o’er the shine o’ the wet-- sure, whatever ye’ve found, It’s a sort o’ diversion thim whiles when ye’re starvin’ an’ sthreelin’ around.

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From this reading Ay, we’ve plenty enough o’ the say, an’ good luck to’t; I don’t understand How the folk keep continted at all that be settled far up on the land, Out o’ reach o’ the tides; ’tis like livin’ wid never a chance to be spied, And what use is one’s life widout chances?

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From this reading Ay, we’ve plenty enough o’ the say, an’ good luck to’t; I don’t understand How the folk keep continted at all that be settled far up on the land, Out o’ reach o’ the tides; ’tis like livin’ wid never a chance to be spied, And what use is one’s life widout chances?

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading Ye’ve always a chance wid the tide; For ye never can tell what ’twill take in its head to sthrew round on the shore; Maybe dhrift-wood, or grand bits o’ boards, that comes handy for splicin’ an oar; Or a crab skytin’ back o’er the shine o’ the wet-- sure, whatever ye’ve found, It’s a sort o’ diversion thim whiles when ye’re starvin’ an’ sthreelin’ around.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading Ay, we’ve plenty enough o’ the say, an’ good luck to’t; I don’t understand How the folk keep continted at all that be settled far up on the land, Out o’ reach o’ the tides; ’tis like livin’ wid never a chance to be spied, And what use is one’s life widout chances?

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading Ye’ve always a chance wid the tide; For ye never can tell what ’twill take in its head to sthrew round on the shore; Maybe dhrift-wood, or grand bits o’ boards, that comes handy for splicin’ an oar; Or a crab skytin’ back o’er the shine o’ the wet-- sure, whatever ye’ve found, It’s a sort o’ diversion thim whiles when ye’re starvin’ an’ sthreelin’ around.

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From this reading I’d be noways denyin’ the say’s done ill turns on us now and agin; But our bit of an Inish, begorrah, I’ll stan’ by thro’ thick an’ thro’ thin, For the pleasant ould times we’ve had on it is more than I’ll ever forget, And except for th’ ould master’s misfortins, belike we’d be havin’ thim yet.

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From this reading Ye’ve always a chance wid the tide; For ye never can tell what ’twill take in its head to sthrew round on the shore; Maybe dhrift-wood, or grand bits o’ boards, that comes handy for splicin’ an oar; Or a crab skytin’ back o’er the shine o’ the wet-- sure, whatever ye’ve found, It’s a sort o’ diversion thim whiles when ye’re starvin’ an’ sthreelin’ around.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading Ye’ve always a chance wid the tide; For ye never can tell what ’twill take in its head to sthrew round on the shore; Maybe dhrift-wood, or grand bits o’ boards, that comes handy for splicin’ an oar; Or a crab skytin’ back o’er the shine o’ the wet-- sure, whatever ye’ve found, It’s a sort o’ diversion thim whiles when ye’re starvin’ an’ sthreelin’ around.

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading Ay, we’ve plenty enough o’ the say, an’ good luck to’t; I don’t understand How the folk keep continted at all that be settled far up on the land, Out o’ reach o’ the tides; ’tis like livin’ wid never a chance to be spied, And what use is one’s life widout chances?

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading I’d be noways denyin’ the say’s done ill turns on us now and agin; But our bit of an Inish, begorrah, I’ll stan’ by thro’ thick an’ thro’ thin, For the pleasant ould times we’ve had on it is more than I’ll ever forget, And except for th’ ould master’s misfortins, belike we’d be havin’ thim yet.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

every one of two or more people or things, taken separately

From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading Ay, we’ve plenty enough o’ the say, an’ good luck to’t; I don’t understand How the folk keep continted at all that be settled far up on the land, Out o’ reach o’ the tides; ’tis like livin’ wid never a chance to be spied, And what use is one’s life widout chances?

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading I’d be noways denyin’ the say’s done ill turns on us now and agin; But our bit of an Inish, begorrah, I’ll stan’ by thro’ thick an’ thro’ thin, For the pleasant ould times we’ve had on it is more than I’ll ever forget, And except for th’ ould master’s misfortins, belike we’d be havin’ thim yet.

apart from; not including

From this reading I’d be noways denyin’ the say’s done ill turns on us now and agin; But our bit of an Inish, begorrah, I’ll stan’ by thro’ thick an’ thro’ thin, For the pleasant ould times we’ve had on it is more than I’ll ever forget, And except for th’ ould master’s misfortins, belike we’d be havin’ thim yet.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading Ay, we’ve plenty enough o’ the say, an’ good luck to’t; I don’t understand How the folk keep continted at all that be settled far up on the land, Out o’ reach o’ the tides; ’tis like livin’ wid never a chance to be spied, And what use is one’s life widout chances?

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Ye’ve always a chance wid the tide; For ye never can tell what ’twill take in its head to sthrew round on the shore; Maybe dhrift-wood, or grand bits o’ boards, that comes handy for splicin’ an oar; Or a crab skytin’ back o’er the shine o’ the wet-- sure, whatever ye’ve found, It’s a sort o’ diversion thim whiles when ye’re starvin’ an’ sthreelin’ around.

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From this reading I’d be noways denyin’ the say’s done ill turns on us now and agin; But our bit of an Inish, begorrah, I’ll stan’ by thro’ thick an’ thro’ thin, For the pleasant ould times we’ve had on it is more than I’ll ever forget, And except for th’ ould master’s misfortins, belike we’d be havin’ thim yet.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Ye’ve always a chance wid the tide; For ye never can tell what ’twill take in its head to sthrew round on the shore; Maybe dhrift-wood, or grand bits o’ boards, that comes handy for splicin’ an oar; Or a crab skytin’ back o’er the shine o’ the wet-- sure, whatever ye’ve found, It’s a sort o’ diversion thim whiles when ye’re starvin’ an’ sthreelin’ around.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Ay, we’ve plenty enough o’ the say, an’ good luck to’t; I don’t understand How the folk keep continted at all that be settled far up on the land, Out o’ reach o’ the tides; ’tis like livin’ wid never a chance to be spied, And what use is one’s life widout chances?

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From this reading Ye’ve always a chance wid the tide; For ye never can tell what ’twill take in its head to sthrew round on the shore; Maybe dhrift-wood, or grand bits o’ boards, that comes handy for splicin’ an oar; Or a crab skytin’ back o’er the shine o’ the wet-- sure, whatever ye’ve found, It’s a sort o’ diversion thim whiles when ye’re starvin’ an’ sthreelin’ around.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading I’d be noways denyin’ the say’s done ill turns on us now and agin; But our bit of an Inish, begorrah, I’ll stan’ by thro’ thick an’ thro’ thin, For the pleasant ould times we’ve had on it is more than I’ll ever forget, And except for th’ ould master’s misfortins, belike we’d be havin’ thim yet.

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From this reading Ye’ve always a chance wid the tide; For ye never can tell what ’twill take in its head to sthrew round on the shore; Maybe dhrift-wood, or grand bits o’ boards, that comes handy for splicin’ an oar; Or a crab skytin’ back o’er the shine o’ the wet-- sure, whatever ye’ve found, It’s a sort o’ diversion thim whiles when ye’re starvin’ an’ sthreelin’ around.

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From this reading I’d be noways denyin’ the say’s done ill turns on us now and agin; But our bit of an Inish, begorrah, I’ll stan’ by thro’ thick an’ thro’ thin, For the pleasant ould times we’ve had on it is more than I’ll ever forget, And except for th’ ould master’s misfortins, belike we’d be havin’ thim yet.

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From this reading Ye’ve always a chance wid the tide; For ye never can tell what ’twill take in its head to sthrew round on the shore; Maybe dhrift-wood, or grand bits o’ boards, that comes handy for splicin’ an oar; Or a crab skytin’ back o’er the shine o’ the wet-- sure, whatever ye’ve found, It’s a sort o’ diversion thim whiles when ye’re starvin’ an’ sthreelin’ around.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading Ay, we’ve plenty enough o’ the say, an’ good luck to’t; I don’t understand How the folk keep continted at all that be settled far up on the land, Out o’ reach o’ the tides; ’tis like livin’ wid never a chance to be spied, And what use is one’s life widout chances?

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From this reading I’d be noways denyin’ the say’s done ill turns on us now and agin; But our bit of an Inish, begorrah, I’ll stan’ by thro’ thick an’ thro’ thin, For the pleasant ould times we’ve had on it is more than I’ll ever forget, And except for th’ ould master’s misfortins, belike we’d be havin’ thim yet.

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From this reading I’d be noways denyin’ the say’s done ill turns on us now and agin; But our bit of an Inish, begorrah, I’ll stan’ by thro’ thick an’ thro’ thin, For the pleasant ould times we’ve had on it is more than I’ll ever forget, And except for th’ ould master’s misfortins, belike we’d be havin’ thim yet.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading I’d be noways denyin’ the say’s done ill turns on us now and agin; But our bit of an Inish, begorrah, I’ll stan’ by thro’ thick an’ thro’ thin, For the pleasant ould times we’ve had on it is more than I’ll ever forget, And except for th’ ould master’s misfortins, belike we’d be havin’ thim yet.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Ay, we’ve plenty enough o’ the say, an’ good luck to’t; I don’t understand How the folk keep continted at all that be settled far up on the land, Out o’ reach o’ the tides; ’tis like livin’ wid never a chance to be spied, And what use is one’s life widout chances?

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading Ye’ve always a chance wid the tide; For ye never can tell what ’twill take in its head to sthrew round on the shore; Maybe dhrift-wood, or grand bits o’ boards, that comes handy for splicin’ an oar; Or a crab skytin’ back o’er the shine o’ the wet-- sure, whatever ye’ve found, It’s a sort o’ diversion thim whiles when ye’re starvin’ an’ sthreelin’ around.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading Ye’ve always a chance wid the tide; For ye never can tell what ’twill take in its head to sthrew round on the shore; Maybe dhrift-wood, or grand bits o’ boards, that comes handy for splicin’ an oar; Or a crab skytin’ back o’er the shine o’ the wet-- sure, whatever ye’ve found, It’s a sort o’ diversion thim whiles when ye’re starvin’ an’ sthreelin’ around.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading Ay, we’ve plenty enough o’ the say, an’ good luck to’t; I don’t understand How the folk keep continted at all that be settled far up on the land, Out o’ reach o’ the tides; ’tis like livin’ wid never a chance to be spied, And what use is one’s life widout chances?

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Ay, we’ve plenty enough o’ the say, an’ good luck to’t; I don’t understand How the folk keep continted at all that be settled far up on the land, Out o’ reach o’ the tides; ’tis like livin’ wid never a chance to be spied, And what use is one’s life widout chances?

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading Ay, we’ve plenty enough o’ the say, an’ good luck to’t; I don’t understand How the folk keep continted at all that be settled far up on the land, Out o’ reach o’ the tides; ’tis like livin’ wid never a chance to be spied, And what use is one’s life widout chances?

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading Ay, we’ve plenty enough o’ the say, an’ good luck to’t; I don’t understand How the folk keep continted at all that be settled far up on the land, Out o’ reach o’ the tides; ’tis like livin’ wid never a chance to be spied, And what use is one’s life widout chances?

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From this reading I’d be noways denyin’ the say’s done ill turns on us now and agin; But our bit of an Inish, begorrah, I’ll stan’ by thro’ thick an’ thro’ thin, For the pleasant ould times we’ve had on it is more than I’ll ever forget, And except for th’ ould master’s misfortins, belike we’d be havin’ thim yet.

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From this reading Ye’ve always a chance wid the tide; For ye never can tell what ’twill take in its head to sthrew round on the shore; Maybe dhrift-wood, or grand bits o’ boards, that comes handy for splicin’ an oar; Or a crab skytin’ back o’er the shine o’ the wet-- sure, whatever ye’ve found, It’s a sort o’ diversion thim whiles when ye’re starvin’ an’ sthreelin’ around.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading I’d be noways denyin’ the say’s done ill turns on us now and agin; But our bit of an Inish, begorrah, I’ll stan’ by thro’ thick an’ thro’ thin, For the pleasant ould times we’ve had on it is more than I’ll ever forget, And except for th’ ould master’s misfortins, belike we’d be havin’ thim yet.

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From this reading I’d be noways denyin’ the say’s done ill turns on us now and agin; But our bit of an Inish, begorrah, I’ll stan’ by thro’ thick an’ thro’ thin, For the pleasant ould times we’ve had on it is more than I’ll ever forget, And except for th’ ould master’s misfortins, belike we’d be havin’ thim yet.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading Ay, we’ve plenty enough o’ the say, an’ good luck to’t; I don’t understand How the folk keep continted at all that be settled far up on the land, Out o’ reach o’ the tides; ’tis like livin’ wid never a chance to be spied, And what use is one’s life widout chances?

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From this reading I’d be noways denyin’ the say’s done ill turns on us now and agin; But our bit of an Inish, begorrah, I’ll stan’ by thro’ thick an’ thro’ thin, For the pleasant ould times we’ve had on it is more than I’ll ever forget, And except for th’ ould master’s misfortins, belike we’d be havin’ thim yet.

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From this reading I’d be noways denyin’ the say’s done ill turns on us now and agin; But our bit of an Inish, begorrah, I’ll stan’ by thro’ thick an’ thro’ thin, For the pleasant ould times we’ve had on it is more than I’ll ever forget, And except for th’ ould master’s misfortins, belike we’d be havin’ thim yet.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading Ye’ve always a chance wid the tide; For ye never can tell what ’twill take in its head to sthrew round on the shore; Maybe dhrift-wood, or grand bits o’ boards, that comes handy for splicin’ an oar; Or a crab skytin’ back o’er the shine o’ the wet-- sure, whatever ye’ve found, It’s a sort o’ diversion thim whiles when ye’re starvin’ an’ sthreelin’ around.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading Ay, we’ve plenty enough o’ the say, an’ good luck to’t; I don’t understand How the folk keep continted at all that be settled far up on the land, Out o’ reach o’ the tides; ’tis like livin’ wid never a chance to be spied, And what use is one’s life widout chances?

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Ye’ve always a chance wid the tide; For ye never can tell what ’twill take in its head to sthrew round on the shore; Maybe dhrift-wood, or grand bits o’ boards, that comes handy for splicin’ an oar; Or a crab skytin’ back o’er the shine o’ the wet-- sure, whatever ye’ve found, It’s a sort o’ diversion thim whiles when ye’re starvin’ an’ sthreelin’ around.

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From this reading I’d be noways denyin’ the say’s done ill turns on us now and agin; But our bit of an Inish, begorrah, I’ll stan’ by thro’ thick an’ thro’ thin, For the pleasant ould times we’ve had on it is more than I’ll ever forget, And except for th’ ould master’s misfortins, belike we’d be havin’ thim yet.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading I’d be noways denyin’ the say’s done ill turns on us now and agin; But our bit of an Inish, begorrah, I’ll stan’ by thro’ thick an’ thro’ thin, For the pleasant ould times we’ve had on it is more than I’ll ever forget, And except for th’ ould master’s misfortins, belike we’d be havin’ thim yet.

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From this reading Ay, we’ve plenty enough o’ the say, an’ good luck to’t; I don’t understand How the folk keep continted at all that be settled far up on the land, Out o’ reach o’ the tides; ’tis like livin’ wid never a chance to be spied, And what use is one’s life widout chances?

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading Ay, we’ve plenty enough o’ the say, an’ good luck to’t; I don’t understand How the folk keep continted at all that be settled far up on the land, Out o’ reach o’ the tides; ’tis like livin’ wid never a chance to be spied, And what use is one’s life widout chances?

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading Ye’ve always a chance wid the tide; For ye never can tell what ’twill take in its head to sthrew round on the shore; Maybe dhrift-wood, or grand bits o’ boards, that comes handy for splicin’ an oar; Or a crab skytin’ back o’er the shine o’ the wet-- sure, whatever ye’ve found, It’s a sort o’ diversion thim whiles when ye’re starvin’ an’ sthreelin’ around.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading I’d be noways denyin’ the say’s done ill turns on us now and agin; But our bit of an Inish, begorrah, I’ll stan’ by thro’ thick an’ thro’ thin, For the pleasant ould times we’ve had on it is more than I’ll ever forget, And except for th’ ould master’s misfortins, belike we’d be havin’ thim yet.

hard to find or in short supply

From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading Ay, we’ve plenty enough o’ the say, an’ good luck to’t; I don’t understand How the folk keep continted at all that be settled far up on the land, Out o’ reach o’ the tides; ’tis like livin’ wid never a chance to be spied, And what use is one’s life widout chances?

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From this reading Ye’ve always a chance wid the tide; For ye never can tell what ’twill take in its head to sthrew round on the shore; Maybe dhrift-wood, or grand bits o’ boards, that comes handy for splicin’ an oar; Or a crab skytin’ back o’er the shine o’ the wet-- sure, whatever ye’ve found, It’s a sort o’ diversion thim whiles when ye’re starvin’ an’ sthreelin’ around.

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From this reading Ye’ve always a chance wid the tide; For ye never can tell what ’twill take in its head to sthrew round on the shore; Maybe dhrift-wood, or grand bits o’ boards, that comes handy for splicin’ an oar; Or a crab skytin’ back o’er the shine o’ the wet-- sure, whatever ye’ve found, It’s a sort o’ diversion thim whiles when ye’re starvin’ an’ sthreelin’ around.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading Ye’ve always a chance wid the tide; For ye never can tell what ’twill take in its head to sthrew round on the shore; Maybe dhrift-wood, or grand bits o’ boards, that comes handy for splicin’ an oar; Or a crab skytin’ back o’er the shine o’ the wet-- sure, whatever ye’ve found, It’s a sort o’ diversion thim whiles when ye’re starvin’ an’ sthreelin’ around.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading Ye’ve always a chance wid the tide; For ye never can tell what ’twill take in its head to sthrew round on the shore; Maybe dhrift-wood, or grand bits o’ boards, that comes handy for splicin’ an oar; Or a crab skytin’ back o’er the shine o’ the wet-- sure, whatever ye’ve found, It’s a sort o’ diversion thim whiles when ye’re starvin’ an’ sthreelin’ around.

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From this reading Ay, we’ve plenty enough o’ the say, an’ good luck to’t; I don’t understand How the folk keep continted at all that be settled far up on the land, Out o’ reach o’ the tides; ’tis like livin’ wid never a chance to be spied, And what use is one’s life widout chances?

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From this reading Ye’ve always a chance wid the tide; For ye never can tell what ’twill take in its head to sthrew round on the shore; Maybe dhrift-wood, or grand bits o’ boards, that comes handy for splicin’ an oar; Or a crab skytin’ back o’er the shine o’ the wet-- sure, whatever ye’ve found, It’s a sort o’ diversion thim whiles when ye’re starvin’ an’ sthreelin’ around.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading I’d be noways denyin’ the say’s done ill turns on us now and agin; But our bit of an Inish, begorrah, I’ll stan’ by thro’ thick an’ thro’ thin, For the pleasant ould times we’ve had on it is more than I’ll ever forget, And except for th’ ould master’s misfortins, belike we’d be havin’ thim yet.

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From this reading Ye’ve always a chance wid the tide; For ye never can tell what ’twill take in its head to sthrew round on the shore; Maybe dhrift-wood, or grand bits o’ boards, that comes handy for splicin’ an oar; Or a crab skytin’ back o’er the shine o’ the wet-- sure, whatever ye’ve found, It’s a sort o’ diversion thim whiles when ye’re starvin’ an’ sthreelin’ around.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading Ye’ve always a chance wid the tide; For ye never can tell what ’twill take in its head to sthrew round on the shore; Maybe dhrift-wood, or grand bits o’ boards, that comes handy for splicin’ an oar; Or a crab skytin’ back o’er the shine o’ the wet-- sure, whatever ye’ve found, It’s a sort o’ diversion thim whiles when ye’re starvin’ an’ sthreelin’ around.

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From this reading Ye’ve always a chance wid the tide; For ye never can tell what ’twill take in its head to sthrew round on the shore; Maybe dhrift-wood, or grand bits o’ boards, that comes handy for splicin’ an oar; Or a crab skytin’ back o’er the shine o’ the wet-- sure, whatever ye’ve found, It’s a sort o’ diversion thim whiles when ye’re starvin’ an’ sthreelin’ around.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Ye’ve always a chance wid the tide; For ye never can tell what ’twill take in its head to sthrew round on the shore; Maybe dhrift-wood, or grand bits o’ boards, that comes handy for splicin’ an oar; Or a crab skytin’ back o’er the shine o’ the wet-- sure, whatever ye’ve found, It’s a sort o’ diversion thim whiles when ye’re starvin’ an’ sthreelin’ around.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Ye’ve always a chance wid the tide; For ye never can tell what ’twill take in its head to sthrew round on the shore; Maybe dhrift-wood, or grand bits o’ boards, that comes handy for splicin’ an oar; Or a crab skytin’ back o’er the shine o’ the wet-- sure, whatever ye’ve found, It’s a sort o’ diversion thim whiles when ye’re starvin’ an’ sthreelin’ around.

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From this reading I’d be noways denyin’ the say’s done ill turns on us now and agin; But our bit of an Inish, begorrah, I’ll stan’ by thro’ thick an’ thro’ thin, For the pleasant ould times we’ve had on it is more than I’ll ever forget, And except for th’ ould master’s misfortins, belike we’d be havin’ thim yet.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading I’d be noways denyin’ the say’s done ill turns on us now and agin; But our bit of an Inish, begorrah, I’ll stan’ by thro’ thick an’ thro’ thin, For the pleasant ould times we’ve had on it is more than I’ll ever forget, And except for th’ ould master’s misfortins, belike we’d be havin’ thim yet.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading I’d be noways denyin’ the say’s done ill turns on us now and agin; But our bit of an Inish, begorrah, I’ll stan’ by thro’ thick an’ thro’ thin, For the pleasant ould times we’ve had on it is more than I’ll ever forget, And except for th’ ould master’s misfortins, belike we’d be havin’ thim yet.

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From this reading Ye’ve always a chance wid the tide; For ye never can tell what ’twill take in its head to sthrew round on the shore; Maybe dhrift-wood, or grand bits o’ boards, that comes handy for splicin’ an oar; Or a crab skytin’ back o’er the shine o’ the wet-- sure, whatever ye’ve found, It’s a sort o’ diversion thim whiles when ye’re starvin’ an’ sthreelin’ around.

Having little thickness or extent.

From this reading I’d be noways denyin’ the say’s done ill turns on us now and agin; But our bit of an Inish, begorrah, I’ll stan’ by thro’ thick an’ thro’ thin, For the pleasant ould times we’ve had on it is more than I’ll ever forget, And except for th’ ould master’s misfortins, belike we’d be havin’ thim yet.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading I’d be noways denyin’ the say’s done ill turns on us now and agin; But our bit of an Inish, begorrah, I’ll stan’ by thro’ thick an’ thro’ thin, For the pleasant ould times we’ve had on it is more than I’ll ever forget, And except for th’ ould master’s misfortins, belike we’d be havin’ thim yet.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading Ye’ve always a chance wid the tide; For ye never can tell what ’twill take in its head to sthrew round on the shore; Maybe dhrift-wood, or grand bits o’ boards, that comes handy for splicin’ an oar; Or a crab skytin’ back o’er the shine o’ the wet-- sure, whatever ye’ve found, It’s a sort o’ diversion thim whiles when ye’re starvin’ an’ sthreelin’ around.

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From this reading Ay, we’ve plenty enough o’ the say, an’ good luck to’t; I don’t understand How the folk keep continted at all that be settled far up on the land, Out o’ reach o’ the tides; ’tis like livin’ wid never a chance to be spied, And what use is one’s life widout chances?

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From this reading I’d be noways denyin’ the say’s done ill turns on us now and agin; But our bit of an Inish, begorrah, I’ll stan’ by thro’ thick an’ thro’ thin, For the pleasant ould times we’ve had on it is more than I’ll ever forget, And except for th’ ould master’s misfortins, belike we’d be havin’ thim yet.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading Ay, we’ve plenty enough o’ the say, an’ good luck to’t; I don’t understand How the folk keep continted at all that be settled far up on the land, Out o’ reach o’ the tides; ’tis like livin’ wid never a chance to be spied, And what use is one’s life widout chances?

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading I’d be noways denyin’ the say’s done ill turns on us now and agin; But our bit of an Inish, begorrah, I’ll stan’ by thro’ thick an’ thro’ thin, For the pleasant ould times we’ve had on it is more than I’ll ever forget, And except for th’ ould master’s misfortins, belike we’d be havin’ thim yet.

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From this reading Ye’ve always a chance wid the tide; For ye never can tell what ’twill take in its head to sthrew round on the shore; Maybe dhrift-wood, or grand bits o’ boards, that comes handy for splicin’ an oar; Or a crab skytin’ back o’er the shine o’ the wet-- sure, whatever ye’ve found, It’s a sort o’ diversion thim whiles when ye’re starvin’ an’ sthreelin’ around.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Ay, we’ve plenty enough o’ the say, an’ good luck to’t; I don’t understand How the folk keep continted at all that be settled far up on the land, Out o’ reach o’ the tides; ’tis like livin’ wid never a chance to be spied, And what use is one’s life widout chances?

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading I’d be noways denyin’ the say’s done ill turns on us now and agin; But our bit of an Inish, begorrah, I’ll stan’ by thro’ thick an’ thro’ thin, For the pleasant ould times we’ve had on it is more than I’ll ever forget, And except for th’ ould master’s misfortins, belike we’d be havin’ thim yet.

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From this reading Ay, we’ve plenty enough o’ the say, an’ good luck to’t; I don’t understand How the folk keep continted at all that be settled far up on the land, Out o’ reach o’ the tides; ’tis like livin’ wid never a chance to be spied, And what use is one’s life widout chances?

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading I’d be noways denyin’ the say’s done ill turns on us now and agin; But our bit of an Inish, begorrah, I’ll stan’ by thro’ thick an’ thro’ thin, For the pleasant ould times we’ve had on it is more than I’ll ever forget, And except for th’ ould master’s misfortins, belike we’d be havin’ thim yet.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading Ye’ve always a chance wid the tide; For ye never can tell what ’twill take in its head to sthrew round on the shore; Maybe dhrift-wood, or grand bits o’ boards, that comes handy for splicin’ an oar; Or a crab skytin’ back o’er the shine o’ the wet-- sure, whatever ye’ve found, It’s a sort o’ diversion thim whiles when ye’re starvin’ an’ sthreelin’ around.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading Ay, we’ve plenty enough o’ the say, an’ good luck to’t; I don’t understand How the folk keep continted at all that be settled far up on the land, Out o’ reach o’ the tides; ’tis like livin’ wid never a chance to be spied, And what use is one’s life widout chances?

any or all of a kind, it does not matter which

From this reading Ye’ve always a chance wid the tide; For ye never can tell what ’twill take in its head to sthrew round on the shore; Maybe dhrift-wood, or grand bits o’ boards, that comes handy for splicin’ an oar; Or a crab skytin’ back o’er the shine o’ the wet-- sure, whatever ye’ve found, It’s a sort o’ diversion thim whiles when ye’re starvin’ an’ sthreelin’ around.

at the time that

From this reading Ye’ve always a chance wid the tide; For ye never can tell what ’twill take in its head to sthrew round on the shore; Maybe dhrift-wood, or grand bits o’ boards, that comes handy for splicin’ an oar; Or a crab skytin’ back o’er the shine o’ the wet-- sure, whatever ye’ve found, It’s a sort o’ diversion thim whiles when ye’re starvin’ an’ sthreelin’ around.

in or at the place that

From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading Ye’ve always a chance wid the tide; For ye never can tell what ’twill take in its head to sthrew round on the shore; Maybe dhrift-wood, or grand bits o’ boards, that comes handy for splicin’ an oar; Or a crab skytin’ back o’er the shine o’ the wet-- sure, whatever ye’ve found, It’s a sort o’ diversion thim whiles when ye’re starvin’ an’ sthreelin’ around.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading Ay, we’ve plenty enough o’ the say, an’ good luck to’t; I don’t understand How the folk keep continted at all that be settled far up on the land, Out o’ reach o’ the tides; ’tis like livin’ wid never a chance to be spied, And what use is one’s life widout chances?

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From this reading Ay, we’ve plenty enough o’ the say, an’ good luck to’t; I don’t understand How the folk keep continted at all that be settled far up on the land, Out o’ reach o’ the tides; ’tis like livin’ wid never a chance to be spied, And what use is one’s life widout chances?

an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person

From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading Ye’ve always a chance wid the tide; For ye never can tell what ’twill take in its head to sthrew round on the shore; Maybe dhrift-wood, or grand bits o’ boards, that comes handy for splicin’ an oar; Or a crab skytin’ back o’er the shine o’ the wet-- sure, whatever ye’ve found, It’s a sort o’ diversion thim whiles when ye’re starvin’ an’ sthreelin’ around.

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From this reading Ye’ve always a chance wid the tide; For ye never can tell what ’twill take in its head to sthrew round on the shore; Maybe dhrift-wood, or grand bits o’ boards, that comes handy for splicin’ an oar; Or a crab skytin’ back o’er the shine o’ the wet-- sure, whatever ye’ve found, It’s a sort o’ diversion thim whiles when ye’re starvin’ an’ sthreelin’ around.

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From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

but in spite of that

From this reading I’d be noways denyin’ the say’s done ill turns on us now and agin; But our bit of an Inish, begorrah, I’ll stan’ by thro’ thick an’ thro’ thin, For the pleasant ould times we’ve had on it is more than I’ll ever forget, And except for th’ ould master’s misfortins, belike we’d be havin’ thim yet.

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading It mayn’t be so much of a place whin ye reckon by land--Inish Fay-- Just a thrifle o’ fields and a bog like; but if ye considher the say, Sure we’ve lashins an’ lavins o’ that, spreadin’ out and away like a floor To Ratheen at the end of our bay, that’s as far as ye’ll look from your door, An’ that far ye’d scarce look in a week to the west, where there isn’t, I’m tould, One dhry step ’twixt yer fut an’ the States; sartin ’tis the long waves do come rowled Same as if they’d set out from the back o’ beyant an’ was thryin’ how each Could swell up to the sizeablest bigness afore it lapt o’er on the beach.

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From this reading Πῆ δἐθέλεις ἰέναι πολλὴν ἐπὶ γαῖαν Μοῦνος ἐὼν ἀγαπητός;

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From this reading Πῆ δἐθέλεις ἰέναι πολλὴν ἐπὶ γαῖαν Μοῦνος ἐὼν ἀγαπητός;

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From this reading Πῆ δἐθέλεις ἰέναι πολλὴν ἐπὶ γαῖαν Μοῦνος ἐὼν ἀγαπητός;

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From this reading Πῆ δἐθέλεις ἰέναι πολλὴν ἐπὶ γαῖαν Μοῦνος ἐὼν ἀγαπητός;

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From this reading Πῆ δἐθέλεις ἰέναι πολλὴν ἐπὶ γαῖαν Μοῦνος ἐὼν ἀγαπητός;

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From this reading Πῆ δἐθέλεις ἰέναι πολλὴν ἐπὶ γαῖαν Μοῦνος ἐὼν ἀγαπητός;

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From this reading Πῆ δἐθέλεις ἰέναι πολλὴν ἐπὶ γαῖαν Μοῦνος ἐὼν ἀγαπητός;

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From this reading Πῆ δἐθέλεις ἰέναι πολλὴν ἐπὶ γαῖαν Μοῦνος ἐὼν ἀγαπητός;

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From this reading Πῆ δἐθέλεις ἰέναι πολλὴν ἐπὶ γαῖαν Μοῦνος ἐὼν ἀγαπητός;