BLIND MAN.

Look at the gifts of every kind

Were given with a willing mind;

After all this, it's not enough

From the man of cows--a pinch of snuff!

OLD FARMER. _Maisead_, long life to you, Raftery; that your

tongue may never lose its edge. That is a man of cows certainly; I

myself am a man of sheep.

BLIND MAN. A bag of meal from the man of sheep.

FAIR YOUNG MAN. And I am a man of pigs.

BLIND MAN. A side of meat from the man of pigs.

MARTIN. Don't forget the woman of hens.

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