WHOSE PIGS ?
When the Bishop of Peterborough was installed m his country parsonage, he used to go about a good deal among his parishioners, and on one occasion came across a boy minding a sow and her litter, when the following conversation took place : Vicar — Well, my little man, and whose pigs are those ? Boy — Whoi, that old zow's, to be sure. Vicar — No, no : I don't mean to say that — who is the master of them ? Boy— Whoi, that little black chap there wie the curly tail — he licks the lot on em. Vicar (amused) — No, no ; you don't understand me ; I mean who is the owner of them ? , Whom do they belong to? Boy— Belong to 1 Whoi, to my father, o' course. Vicar — Well, and who is your father ! Eh ? Boy — Well, look 'ere ; if you justmoind the pigs, oi'U run an' ax mother.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 927, 17 October 1879, Page 2
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147WHOSE PIGS? Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 927, 17 October 1879, Page 2
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