Mr. Neil Kenyon, the comedian, writing in an English newspaper on "Those Tales About Us," says most stories about Scotsmen originate with Scotsmen, many of the' best emanating from' the Glasgow Stock Exchange. The comedian concludes with a little story told jof a Dundee man who dropped his purse and asked an Edinburgh man pick it up for him. "What's matter with you?" asked the Edinburgh man. "Have y trouble?" "No," repu jan. "I bought a pair of braces!
Aberdeen last week, and they won't give." An Aberdonian told me that, the writer adds.
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