The Irish and the Dutch
Posted by James Briggs on June 16, 2009 at 12:54
In Reply to: The Irish and the Dutch Posted by T. Blair on June 16, 2009 at 11:55:
: Does anyone know either the origin or meaning of the phrase:
: Oh, the Irish and the Dutch they don't amount to much.
: Somehow, I get the feeling that it came from the pre-revolutionary war era in the U.S.
If you go here, there's a possible origin in the 10th paragraph:
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