Note 270 — Chapter X · LAUGHTER OF THE INDIVIDUAL: HUMOUR.
Reading edition
This redeeming quality of the Irish bull is indistinctly perceived by the Edgeworths in their essay on the subject, in which they speak of the Irishman’s habit of using figurative and witty language. See The Book of Bulls, by G. R. Neilson (in which the Edgeworths’ essay is included).