Who said, "A body can get used to anything, even being hanged"?

Question

In L.M.Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables Mrs. Rachel Lynn quotes an Irishman saying those exact words. "I suppose, they're used to it. abody can get used to anything, even to being hanged, as the Irishman said." (Montgomery 4)

Answer 1

He is not actually quoting a person. The phrase, "as the Irishman said" is a colloquialism, often used to emphasize the sardonic. It is not an individual, it is a way of passing on the responsibility of the cutting nature of whatever saying or aphorism is being used, or twisted for the occasion.

So, to answer your original question check out the link, your quote is a Wellerism.

Answer 2

The reference below states that an annotated version of the LM Montgomery book has a reference from the Oxford Dictionary of American Proverbs that it's a Canadian proverb from Ontario.