┌─────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │1835.] │ AUGUST. │ ├─────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ │ In AUGUST,—so the Planets say,— │ │ │ Every _Dog_ shall have his _Day_; │ │ │So at _Hounds_ditch they meet, with much frisking and │ │ │ larking; │ │ │And proceed to the choice of a Member for _Barking_. │ ├──┬──────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────┬────────────┤ │ M│ Season's │ =Odd Matters.= │ WEATHER. │ │ D│ Signs. │ │ │ ├──┼──────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────┼────────────┤ │ 1│scamper │RIGDUM FUNNIDOS confesseth to having │ │ │ │ │purloined the following veritable │ │ │ 2│away │story; but when or where, his memory │ If the │ │ │ │deposeth not:— │ │ │ 3│the │ │ weather │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 4│deuce │ OYSTER DAY. │ ♎ ♅ ☉ ♂ ♍ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 5│to pay │Paddy was sent to Billingsgate, on │ │ │ │ │the FIRST of AUGUST, to buy a bushel │ hath been │ │ 6│a mad │of Oysters. When he returned, "What │ │ │ │ │made you so long, Pat?" said his │ lasting, │ │ 7│dog is │master. "Long, is it? By my sowl, I │ │ │ │ │think I've been pretty quick, │ ☽ ♓ ☌ ☍ │ │ 8│over │considering all things." "Considering │ │ │ │ │what things?" "Why, considering the │ look for a │ │ 9│the │gutting of the fish."—"Gutting what │ │ │ │ │fish?"—"What fish! why the oysthers, │ change; │ │10│way │to be sure."—"What is it that you │ │ │ │ │mean?"—"What do I mane! why I mane, │ │ │11│he's │as I was resting meeself a bit, and │ │ │ │ │taking a drop to comfort me, a │ ☽ ☿ ♍ │ │12│bit │jontleman axed me what I had got in │ │ │ │ │the sack. 'Oysthers, sir,' says I. │ ♄ ☌ ♂ ♊ ♉ │ │13│a cow │'Let's look at them,' says he, and he │ │ │ │ │opened the bag. 'Och! thunder and │ I say │ │14│he's │praties!' said he, 'who sould them to │ │ │ │ │ye?' 'It was Mick Carney,' said I. │look for it,│ │15│bit │'Mick Carney!' said he; 'the thief o' │ │