Just found this in Michael Newton’s The Naughty Little Book of Gaelic (Cape Breton University Press: 2014). This Ode to a Snuff Box was first printed in 1780, but Newton says it could well be older. It’s originally in Gaelic, but I’ve omitted that here.
Welcome to you, O box
And your good powder along with you:
Good, sharp, brown tobacco
Which causes a workhorse to fart.
Stripped, crushed and roasted:
It will sidestep the nose
And reach the brain:
It will revive the spirit of the old woman
Who lost it seven years previous.
There is no disease of the blood
Or repeated swelling
Or any nature of sickness
In a person
Thanks for that. Snuff was highly popular in the Highlands because the weather made it hard to smoke they say.
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The work horse reminds me of an old Spoonerism.
What is the difference between a knights steed and a brewery dray horse ?
A knights steed darts into the fray.
A brewery horse farts into the dray.
:)) =))
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Nice one! I feared turning 40 this year, but woke up the next day and found I was still able to laugh at fart jokes. :))
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@ArgentOrangeOK
40 years is nothing to worry about.
I just worked out, I was told that joke by my physics teacher in 1970. That was 47 years ago.
It seems to have stood the test of time.
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