From John Tidmarsh   June 27th, 1841.

Mr McGrath, Cork Lane, Youghal

Cork, June 27th 1841.

Dear Spigadurry1

I just arrived this minute and am after laying in a queer lot of tea. I got a queer squeezing on the coach between two angels. I went to hunt for carriage at Middleton2 and did not think I would be in time for the coach so I gave the note to one of the little girls who were at the head of the street and she took it to the house. I am requested to make you come here on Monday at four o’clock and you will come down to Cove3 on Tuesday with my sisters4 and some more of em – now dont neglect coming, you will be accommodated here and I will give you a side of my bed. You varmint!5 pon my rankins6 now if you dont come I will choak you when I catch a hold of you. But putting all jokes aside | COME. JACK.

RI MS JT/1/11/3869

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1

Spigadurry: presumably a term of comradeship.

2

Middleton: see letter 0032, n. 9.

3

Cove: now Cobh, a seaport town on the south side of Cork Harbour, some 9 miles from Cork.

4

my sisters: Christina and May Tidmarsh.

5

You varmint!: Derived from vermin – an obnoxious creature – the term is used here to make a friendly threat.

6

pon my rankins: presumably an oath.

Please cite as “Tyndall0068,” in Ɛpsilon: The John Tyndall Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/tyndall/letters/Tyndall0068