six o'clock October
But f ' r a plain wurrukin ' man it 's very thryin ' . Think iv a six months ' wurrukin ' day . Ye get ye'er breakfast at sun-up in March an ' ye do n't set down to dinner till th ' first iv June . Thin comes a long afthernoon an ' I tell ye whin th ' whistle blows at six o'clock October , it 's a welcome sound it sinds to ye'er ears . Ye go home an ' all th ' childher has growed up an ' th ' news in th ' mornin ' pa-per is six months ' old . Ye lie around readin ' an ' playin ' cards f ' r a month or two an ' thin ye yawn an ' set th ' alarm clock f ' r March an ' says : ` Mah , it 's th ' fifteenth iv Novimber an ' time th ' childher was abed , ' an ' go to sleep . About Christmas th ' good woman wakes ye up to look f ' r th ' burglar an ' afther ye 've paddled around in th ' ice floe f ' r a week , ye climb back into bed grumblin ' an ' go to sleep again .