A Scotch newspaper says : —" A Fifeshire man recently took his eliild to the miuister to be baptised, who asked hina,' Are you prepared for so solemn and important an occasion ?' ' Prepared ?' he echoed, with some indignation, ' I hae a firlot o' bannock bakin', two hams, an' a gallon o' the beat Highland whusky; an' I wud like to ken what better preparations ye expec' frae a man in mv condition c s lifer-"' "
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 412, 15 February 1877, Page 2
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73Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 412, 15 February 1877, Page 2
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