MAISTER WULSON! I dinna ken what the deil put ye into my head last Sabbath, and when I was in kirk, of a' places on airth, forbye it was the chapter the minister read whilk treats o' Nebuchadnezzar, and his herding wi' kye and ither beasts. Ech man ye made a fine ...
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Sydney Punch (NSW : 1864 - 1888), Sat 30 Apr 1870, Page 2
It's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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