They kept Doherty indures f 'r a day, but by an' by me cousin Mike lost inthrest in th' gredge, havin' others that was newer, an' he wint over to th' ya-ards; an' Doherty an' Sullivan begin to bow to each other, an' afther a while they found that they were blood relations, an', what's closer thin that whin ye're away fr'm home, townies.
"Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen"
Finley Peter Dunne
An' if you partickler wants to know why we ain't-well, p'raps them Glasgow townies o' yours can tell you.
"Between the Lines"
Boyd Cable
"On reaching the earthworks where our obsoletes are mounted, the townies will now fire a salute of blank, without falling down; and the Band have instructions to play 'There's Death in the Old Guns Yet.
"The Dop Doctor"
Clotilde Inez Mary Graves