eleven o'clock at
night
There 's ould Katty Duffy , that 's now as crooked as the hind leg of a dog , and it 's herself was then as straight as a rush , and as blooming as a rose -- Lord bless us , what an alteration time makes upon the strongest and fairest of us ! -- it 's she that was the purty girl that night , and it 's myself that gave Frank M'Shane , that 's still alive to acknowledge it , the broad of his back upon the flure , when he thought to pull her off my knee . The very gorsoons and girshas were sporting away among themselves , and learning one another to smoke in the dark corners . But all this , Mr. Morrow , took place in the corpse-house , before ten or eleven o'clock at night ; after that time the house got too thronged entirely , and could n't huld the half of them ; so by jing , off we set , maning all the youngsters of us , both boys and girls , out to Tom 's barn , that was _ red up _ -LRB- * Cleared up for us -- set in order -RRB- , there to commence the plays . When we were gone , the ould people had more room , and they moved about on the sates we had left them . In the mane time , lashings of tobacco and snuff , cut in platefuls , and piles of fresh new pipes , were laid on the table for any one that wished to use them . `` When we got to the barn , it 's then we _ took our pumps off _ -LRB- * Threw aside all restraint -RRB- in airnest -- by the hokey , such sport you never saw .