"Sorra a ha'p'orth of coppers there are in my pocket, seeing not a sight of coin have I got from the master this many a day," he answered.
"Paddy Finn"
W. H. G. Kingston
If ye cud jist spare us a ha'p'orth ov milk to keep th' life in th' chile fur th' night?
"My Lady of the Chimney Corner"
Alexander Irvine
I say, now-would you hang a man, laird-I mean, when you could get no good out of it-not a ha'p'orth for yourself or your family?"
"Warlock o' Glenwarlock"
George MacDonald