Judge — May 25, 1901 — page 3: what you’re looking at

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# O'Houlihan's Fairy Tale This is a humorous story by Charles Battell Loomis, not primarily political satire. The narrative concerns O'Houlihan, an Irish gardener, telling young Randolph a fairy tale about "Owny Corbally" to entertain him. The story plays on Irish immigrant stereotypes and dialect humor common to late 19th-century American magazines. O'Houlihan uses working-class Irish vernacular and folk wisdom to craft his tale, which contrasts with the refined, upper-class Randolph. The humor derives from class differences and the Irish character's attempts at storytelling rather than from political commentary. The illustrations show various characters from the fairy tale narrative.