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Speech at O donovan rossa's graveside.

EbanEmael · 2013-07-22 16:17:20

The reported speech is "the fools, the fools, the fools! — they have left us our Fenian dead, and while Ireland holds these graves," Apparently the real story is that Pearse was almost overcome by a foul smell when making his speech and what he said was "the farts, the farts, the farts - they will leave us for dead, hold…

22-07-2013 4:17pm

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The reported speech is
"the fools, the fools, the fools! — they have left us our Fenian dead, and while Ireland holds these graves,"

Apparently the real story is that Pearse was almost overcome by a foul smell when making his speech and what he said was

"the farts, the farts, the farts - they will leave us for dead, hold your noses".

When the cub reporter reported this back to his boss who was editor in chief of a major newspaper, the boss changed it because it would be an insult to the Victorian prudery of that era.

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