SPIRITS DAMPED.
A little boy was reading in liis Scottish history an account of the battle of Bannockburn. He read as follows: “And when the English saw the new' army on the hill behind, their spirits became damped.** The teacher asked the boy what was meant by “damping their spirits.’* The boy, not comprehending the meaning, simply answered: “Plttin’ w'ater in their whusky.”
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White Ribbon, Volume 32, Issue 371, 18 May 1926, Page 3
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63SPIRITS DAMPED. White Ribbon, Volume 32, Issue 371, 18 May 1926, Page 3
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