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  • "He says," interpreted William, "there isn't pig nor ass, sheep nor duck, belongin 'to him that isn't heart-scalded with the same childhren an' their dog."

    All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches Martin Ross 1903

  • But niver a word he heeded, nor near the fire he wouldn't come, and had her heart-scalded seein 'him sittin' there in the draught of the door.

    Strangers at Lisconnel Jane Barlow 1887

  • ` Och! 'says Bonypart, ` do you tell me so?' says he -- ` I'm fairly heart-scalded with that same Billy Malowney, 'says he; ` an' I think if I was wanst shut iv him I'd bate the rest iv them aisy, 'says he.

    The Purcell Papers, Volume III 1880

  • 'Och!' says Bonypart, 'do you tell me so?' says he -- 'I'm fairly heart-scalded with that same Billy Malowney,' says he; 'an' I think if I was wanst shut iv him I'd bate the rest iv them aisy, 'says he.

    The Purcell Papers — Volume 3 Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu 1843

  • ‘Och!’ says Bonypart, ‘do you tell me so?’ says he — ‘I’m fairly heart-scalded with that same Billy Malowney,’ says he; ‘an’ I think if I was wanst shut iv him I’d bate the rest iv them aisy,’ says he.

    The Purcell Papers 2003

  • "Wurrah, wurrah! but it's me that's the heart-scalded crathur with that man's four quarters!

    The Ned M'Keown Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831

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