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Irish And Scotch Loyalty
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WHEN George the Fourth went to Ireland, one of the pisintry said to
the toll-keeper as the king passed through, Och, now! an' his majesty
never paid the turnpike, an' how's that?--O, kings never does; we lets
'em go free, was the answer. Then there's the dirty money for ye,
says Pat; It shall never be said that the king came here, and found
nobody to pay the turnpike for him. Tom Moore told this story to Sir
Walter Scott, when they were comparing notes as to the two royal visits.
Now, Moore, replied Scott, there ye have just the advantage of us:
there was no want of enthusiasm here; the Scotch folk would have done
anything in the world for his majesty, except pay the turnpike.
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