This little section of amusing snippets appeared regularly in the 1930s. This one contained appropriate seasonal stories about hens and turkeys.
“‘As a piece if furniture,’ writes an expert, ‘ a piano fills a room.’ And as a musical instrument it empties it.
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‘Three Hens and a Cock’ for everyone would solve the new laid egg problem. – Letter to Press.
And also the early rising problem.
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An elephant appearing in a London circus is called Mae West. Symbolic of the broadness of her humour?
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There are 750,000 turkeys in England and Wales this season – Market report.
What about a complimentary Sausage Census?
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An attempt is to be made at a precise definition of ‘new-laid’ eggs. Our belief is that only the hen really knows.”
The Stamford Mercury, 25th December, 1936.