Vargin

"Amin, thin, and may the Blessed Vargin put the words into his mouth that he has to shpake," cried another.

My New Curate P.A. Sheehan

Afther they've larned to lift their sowls to Higgins, they'll be able to go a bit higher, say to the saints first, an 'thin to the blissid Vargin, an' so on, wan step at a time, till they've got the whole av it.

Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature Various

The grateful friends that stand around now bless the servant as zealously as they blessed her mistress, and if she understood the language in which the warm Irish hearts express their gratitude, she would probably wonder who 'the Vargin and all the holy saints and angels' are, that are invoked for her sake.

Gladys, the Reaper Anne Beale

"I'm manin '," said Freckles tersely, "to lick a quarter-section of hell out of you, and may the Holy Vargin stay me before I leave you here carrion, for your carcass would turn the stummicks of me chickens!"

Freckles 1904

"I'm manin '," said Freckles tersely, "to lick a quarter-section of hell out of you, and may the Holy Vargin stay me before I leave you here carrion, for your carcass would turn the stummicks of me chickens!"

Freckles Gene Stratton-Porter 1893

Ah! my dear, the very first snuff he got ov it, he cried out, the dear man, "Blessed Vargin, but it has the divine smell!" and crossed himself and the bottle half a dozen times running.

Stories of Comedy Rossiter Johnson 1885

` "In the name iv the blessed Vargin," says Thady, "an 'iv all the holy saints, hould yer tongue, you unnatheral gandher," says he.

The Purcell Papers, Volume III 1880

` In the name of the Blessed Vargin, 'says she, ` what is it?' says she.

The Purcell Papers, Volume III 1880

'May the Howly Vargin niver smile upon us if we dissart you in this extremity,' was the reply of the fervent-hearted Irishman.

The Huge Hunter Or, the Steam Man of the Prairies Edward Sylvester Ellis 1878

At the conclusion of this narration, which they swore by the "Holy Vargin" was truth and nothing more or less, one of them informed me that they had orders to shoot me if I was impudint to them even.

Belle Boyd in Camp and Prison 1865