-'Greasy till' synecdoche for shop/bank. Creates a bad image of money rather than the stereotypical view of money as this amazing, thing we all need.
-'add the halfpence to the pence' - petty way to count money, counting al your little pennies. Frowns upon this rather than supporting it, perhaps a reference to the business owners in the Dublin Lockout counting all thier money, basically saying there is no communalism is Ireland anymore it is all one man for himself.
-'for men were born to pray and save', irony. Mocking the Irish catholics, 'pray' is a pun on 'prey' suggesting religion does not make you a btter person, and in this case the religious members are part of the cause for wrong-doing.
-'Romantic Ireland...in the grave' REFRAIN.refers to the stereotypical image of a beautiful, free irelad such as the imagery in 'the Stolen child', a simpler idea of what Ireland could and should be.
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