A Dutch woman kept a toll-gate. Ooe foggy day a traveller asked, "Madam, how far is it to B !" Shoost a leetle ways," was the reply. Yes, but how far ?" again asks the traveller. Shoost a leetle ways," she relied more emphatically, " Madam is it one, two, three, four, or five miles?" asked the traveller in desperation. The good woman ingenuously replied, " I dinks it is!"
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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 17, Issue 947, 18 February 1871, Page 2
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66Untitled Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 17, Issue 947, 18 February 1871, Page 2
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