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Originally Posted by Eric
I'm lost on the origin of this one .... but I do remember, several years ago, there was this Irish guy who drank at the Toucan in town here, who used to down his first pint of Guiness, look at the bar clock and say: "It's (whatever a clock it was), and not a blow struck for Ireland." ... here I go rambling again  |
My guess on this saying is him meaning no blow (work done money) to send back home to Ireland which was the normal rule of the Irish years back.