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Puffing through the Grubean Puffs in an 18th century paper
In a prose laden with archaic spellings the piece defines Grubean Puffs as Bastard news items or puff pieces in newspapers, tracing their origins to wind like bursts and comparing them to bellows and bagpipes. It catalogs examples of Puffs and Puffs-Advertisements, notes distinctions between true and false Puffs, and cites a sequence of notices and social tidbits from a Dublinish press, including marriages, accidents, charity concerts, and local events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowffer
Bonfiir
Legath
Fomne
Advange
Merri
Chamberlen
Lambert Baily
G. Councellor
Law
Charitable Musical Society
Marshalseas
Weale
Dean Matatine
Grahos-fret
Doftor Wynne
King
Keven-freet
Percival
Loughboy
Charles
Ir. Gerginiani
Dame
Street
England
France
George Clappham
St. Nicholas Street