TIPPERARY 



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rocking on it, as a toy - horse and rider swing on a 

 pedestal, with a balance-weight. Neither my English 

 ash-plant nor the persuasive eloquence of two ready 

 countrymen — -much-maligned, I shall ever consider, are 



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We were rockin£! on the bank 



these sporting peasants, who form so active an element 

 in an Irish hunting-field — availed to alter the situation 

 one bit ; and I began to think I might stand on that 

 bank till Mr. Burke had killed his fox. The only thing 

 for it was to push the horse back again into the nearer 

 ditch. This I managed successfully, but even then my 

 stubborn soul rebelled against the ignominy of sneaking 



