Lord Leverhulme, in a bright speech ,;td the heads of departments of Mac 'Fisheries," asked: If fish were to 'marry, which wuold be the first? John Dory and An-chovy. The bridegroom's i present would be Herring. They would [spend the honeymoon in Wales, and :settle down in Fishguard. Instead of stairs their house would have "a hoisjter," and when the wife called her rhusband in the morning she would say, '•"Stur*geonl" If he were cross she > would call him •' crabby.'' They would keep as pets a dogfish and a catfish. and. wear on their feet "soles" and "eels."
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Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17608, 10 November 1922, Page 14
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