The Snake's Pass by Bram Stoker

"Well, in the ould ancient times, before St. Patrick banished the shnakes from out iv Ireland, the hill beyant was a mighty important place intirely. For more betoken, none other lived in it than the King iv the Shnakes himself. In thim times there was up at the top iv the hill a wee bit iv a lake wid threes and sedges and the like growin' round it; and 'twas there that the King iv the Shnakes made his nist-or whativer it is that shnakes calls their home. Glory be to God! but none of us knows anythin' of them at all, at all, since Saint Patrick tuk them in hand. "

Here an old man in the chimney corner struck in: -