A Highland minister arrived at a lonely house on the margin of his parish to baptise the child of a shepherd who lived there. "Are ye prepared?" he asked. "Ave," said the shepherd, "I got a grand ham. ye ken, for yep dinner.'' "No. no. I mean spiritually prepared?" "Aye. aye, meenister, I got a quart jar frae (ho' inn."
Teacher: "Tommy, is it true your mother has diphtheria?" Tommy: "Yes, miss." "Then , don't you Know you mustn't come to school? You might get the disease from your mother, and give it to the whole class." "No, ma'am, it's only my stepmother an' she never gives mo nothing."
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 14 January 1928, Page 4
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