History of Ireland in 100 Insults

Sir, – 245. A cross-grained parson with two left feet, odd hips and twitching eyes

Sir, – 245. A cross-grained parson with two left feet, odd hips and twitching eyes. (From the Freeman’s Journal June 6th, 1924 and a variation used on page 88 of Finnegans Wake. – Yours, etc,

DAVID SIMMS,

Gilford Road,

Sandymount, Dublin 4.

Sir, – 246. He would steal the eye out of your head and tell you that you were better looking without it. 247. He is that skinny you could push him up a flute and he wouldn’t stop the music. – Yours, etc,

JIM CRAIG,

Rosemount Avenue, Derry.

Sir, – 248. If he ate six inch nails, he’d pass corkscrews.” – Yours, etc,

JOHN O’MAHONY,

The Park, Cabinteely, Dublin 18.

Sir, – 249. Let us not forget this one from Ulysses: “You vomit a better face”. – Yours, etc,

ROBERT NICHOLSON,

Bayview Rise,

Killiney, Co Dublin.