A young Scotsman, who had secured a job with a builder, fell off the scaffold. The foreman hurried to the end of the roof, and was relieved to see the man scrambling to his feet unhurt from a heap of sand on to which he had fallen. “You can consider yourself lucky!" said the foreman. “Lucky be blowed!” replied the Scot. "I've broken my braces!"
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 December 1939, Page 7
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65Untitled Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 December 1939, Page 7
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