How It Got Back.
. An astronomer was once frying to explain to an Irishman thaS the earth was round; but Pat could not Understand ‘kow it could he possible. After Bome'discussioujdlie astronomy •said ; 1 Now where does the sun rise ?' * Iu the east,’ said Pat. ‘And, where does the sun set?' inquired the astronomer. ‘ fchure, sorr, in the west.’ ‘Then how does the sun manage to get back agiin to the east ?’ Pat scratched his head for a few minutes, and looked perplexed. At last his face lighted up, and he shouted: ‘ S/mre, sorr, it ehlips back in the dark!’
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 169, 29 June 1901, Page 3
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100How It Got Back. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 169, 29 June 1901, Page 3
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