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scrubbin' brush an' a pail av wather t' clane th' bottles, but t' me surprise Oi found Oi

cu'd not git th' brush inta th' neck av th' bottles. Oi therefore turned th' twinty-siven

bottles wrong side out, an' scrubbed thim well, an' turned thim roight side out agin.

Be this toime th' house was revolvin' rapid, an' Oi sot on th' floor an' counted th' bottles

as they wint by. There was sixty-four av thim. Oi clumb t' th' kitchen table an' produced

out av th' drawer th' can-opener, on th' hind legs av which was a glass cutter. Oi crept

back carefully t' th' bottles, and seated mesilf in th' cinter av thim, and thim goin' round

me continuous. By pritindin' indifference t' thim, an' springin' at thim whin they was off

their gyuard, Oi was able t' catch thim wan at a toime. Whin Oi had thus caught a bottle

Oi held it firmly down -- by lyin' on it -- an' wid th' glass cutter Oi cut off th' bottom an'

th' neck av it. These Oi put t' wan soide, an' what remained av th' bottle made an

excellent lamp chimney.

Whin Oi counted thim, Oi found Oi hed sivinty-two!