WHERE ARE THE BANKS ?
When a marriage had to be celebrated the good old minister always used to keep the book containing the banns on the reading desk just at his right hand. One Sunday morning lie began as usual, ' I publish the banns between — ' and putting down his hand in all confidence i'or the book, found to his dismay that it was not there. In his nervousness, while searching for the missing register, he kept on repeating the formula; ' I publish the banns of marriage between — I bublish the banns of marriage between — ,' till at last the clerk, from beneath, in bheer pity, came to the rescue with a suggestion loud enough to be heard all over the church, ' Between the cushion and the desk, sir.' The book had simply slipped under the cushion !
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Observer, Volume 7, Issue 337, 23 May 1885, Page 8
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135WHERE ARE THE BANKS ? Observer, Volume 7, Issue 337, 23 May 1885, Page 8
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