Wit and Humor
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Hoist with His Own Petard, 1870s-1930s
Illustration of a political cartoon entitled, 'Hoist with his own petard' showing a man being blown into the air from a cannon blast that was aimed at a door to a castle while a man looks out of a window and another man laughs in the background. In the image, both Asquith and Craig, the Prime Minister's of England and Northern Ireland are depicted, the cannon is labelled, 'Army', the doorway is labelled, 'Ulster' and the man in the background is labelled 'The City.'
"Look Out This Doesn't Happen", 1870s-1930s
Illustration on the cover of the magazine, Fragments, Vol. 1, No. 7, Wednesday August 27, 1919 of a British bulldog standing on a Union Jack flag with a dachsund with the words, 'German Trade' written on its side standing beneath the bulldog. Above the dogs is written, 'Look Out This Doesn't Happen!' and signed by Bruce Bairnsfather.
Proverb which begins 'Sgrìob am Muileach agus sliobair am Muileach thu', 1883
Proverb which reads 'Sgrìob am Muileach agus sliobair am Muileach thu. Ach sliob am Muileach agus sgrìobai am Muileach thu' [Stroke the Mull man and he'll scratch you. But scratch the Mull man and he'll stroke you].
Punch Cartoon. 'Mother Goose-Step Rhymes or Letting Loose the Doggrel of War', 1870s-1930s
Illustration of a World War I satirical cartoon entitled, 'Mother Goose-Step Rhymes or Letting Loose the Doggrel of War' from the Punch Almanack of 1915 showing a goose wearing a German helmet running away from a man letting an English bulldog off its lead to give chase.
Quote from a conversation between Tighearna Ìle and a ferryman, 3 February 1874
Quote from a conversation between Tighearna Ìle and a ferryman taking him to Barra [Barriagh/Isle of Barra] which reads 'An ro[bh] [th]u ria[mh] san t Suain?' 'Sioma uair sin.' 'Cuine?' 'Duair bha mi am chadal.'
Song beginning 'Ho bobarra dirdearra', 30 October 1872 and 5 October 1875
Song collected from Aonas Currie [Angus Currie], Ardnamona, Iocar [Àird na Monadh, Ìochdar, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] beginning 'Ho bobarra dirdearra, Seach an stuirst'. The song is composed of sixteen lines and has a number of annotations. The text has been scored through in two different inks and wirtten transversely across the text is 'Transcribed B[ook] III p.199 A[lexander] A[rchibald] C[armichael] Creagorry 5 October 1875.' [Creag Ghoraidh, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula].
Story about Calum Gobha and the storm, September 1872
The March of the "Unemployed" to the House, 1870s-1930s
Political cartoon entitled, 'The March of the "Unemployed" to the House' showing a group of men (Gulland, McKenna, Asquith, Ramsay Macdonald, Henderson, etc) holding signs as they head towards Parliament in London. Beneath the cartoon is the line, 'Shall we see the defeated Asquithians and Pacifists following the example of the Suffragettes in pre-war days in a [?].' January 1919.
Verse entitled 'Eolas an Spealaidh' and vocabulary note, June 1887
Humorous verse entitled 'Eolas an Spealaidh' , which reads 'Cum bogha air do chorp, 'S cum a mach do thiumpan.' The vocabulary note reads 'Tiumpan = the posterior = Deireadh.'
Vocabulary note which reads 'Staoig an admadan = mischief', 1904
Vocabulary note which reads 'Staoig an admadan = mischief'.