I have been reading Joe Miller’s Jests (1740) recently, which is a book that compiles many short comical situations that the author had witnessed or heard about during his life.
This one made me giggle!
A Note: In the eighteenth century, the letter ‘s’ was written in its elongated form (similar to ‘f’) at the beginning of a word, in the middle of the word and also when written twice, as in ‘lass’.
For some reason it has been hard for me to imagine the people of the ages having a sense of humour! This type of joke book reveals what sort of things people found funny in the eighteenth century. It’s my cup of tea!
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Joe Miller’s Jests (1740) – read online
Ha, that’s funny, but I’m really interested in that teacup of yours. How old is it?
I just had a look at your blog, and you DO like teacups!!! Wow! The teacup pictured on my blog is one of my great grandmothers (who died about 20 years ago). On the bottom it says “Royal Albert, Bone China, England, Celebration”, if that helps! I would have to ask my grandmother how old it is.