| Title |
Irish Woman. |
| Publisher |
[S.l. : s.n.] |
| Date |
[between 1840 and 1880?] |
| Description |
The Irish woman holds a broom, smokes a pipe, and stands by a pig. She wears a pink and yellow dress. Cutty refers to a short
clay pipe, and "broth of a boy" is an Irish colloquialism for a good young man.
|
| Notes |
Text: Arrah, Bridget, Och! hone! bonny Ireland's joy. / Is it you wud be wanting 'A broth of a boy;' / Jist take my advice,
stay at home, tend your pigs, / Lilt your songs, smoke yer cutty, and dance yer gay jigs.
|
|
Variant of 5.22. |
| Genre |
Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Comic valentines. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor. |
|
Irish -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Accents and accentuation -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
|
Women -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.222.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Identifier |
Comic Valentines, 5.22 |
