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Scotch Wit and Humor, Classified Under Appropriate Subject Headings, With, in Many Cases, a Reference to a Table of Authors by Walter Henry [howe

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Scotch Wit and Humor, Classified Under Appropriate Subject Headings, With, in Many Cases, a Reference to a Table of Authors by Walter Henry [howe

Author:Walter Henry [howe
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9781171903901
Publisher: Nabu Press
Published: 2010-09-12T22:00:00+00:00


A Castle Stor(e)y

A Glasgow antiquary recently visited an old castle, and asked one of the villagers if he knew anything of an old story about the building.

"Ay," said the rustic, "there was another auld storey, but it fell down lang since."

A Satisfactory Explanation

A trial took place before a bailie, who excelled more as a citizen than as a scholar. A witness had occasion to refer to the testimony of a man who had died recently, and he spoke of him frequently as the defunct.

Amazed at the constant repetition of a word he did not understand, the bailie petulantly said: "What's the use o' yer talkin' sae muckle aboot the man Defunct? Canna ye bring him here and let him speak for himsel'?"

"The defunct's dead, my lord," replied the witness.

"Oh, puir man, that alters the case," said the sapient administrator of the law.



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