midnight
Well , the sarra one of him but appeared to thim at the hour o ' midnight , but they were asleep at the time , you see , and did n't persave him go -- wid that he pulled out a horn like mine -- an ' , by the same token , it 's lucky to wear horns about one from that day to this -- an ' he put it to his lips , an ' tuck a good dacent -- I mane , gave a good dacent blast that soon roused them . ` Are yez asleep ? ' says he , when they awoke : ` why then , bud-an ' - age ! ' says he , ` is n't it a burnin ' shame for able stout fellows like yez to be asleep at the hour o ' midnight of all hours o ' the night . Tare-an ' - age ! ' says he , ` get up wid yez , you dirty spalpeens ! There 's St. Pathrick in Jerooslem beyant ; the Pope 's signin ' his mittimus to Ireland , to bless it in regard that neither corn , nor barley , nor phaties will grow on the land in consequence of a set of varmints called Black-dugs that ates it up ; an ' there 's not a glass o ' whiskey to be had in Ireland for love or money , ' says Lucifer .