The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 4 (August 1, 1927)
Proverbial
Proverbial.
Tramp: “You know the sayin', mum: ‘He that giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord.”’
Mrs. Subbubs: “Very true. And since you speak in proverbs, I'sll refer you to another old saw.”
Tramp: “What one is dat, mum?”
Mrs. S.: “The one back in the woodshed.”
First Actor: “Good joke that, eh, what!”
Second Actor: “Rather. The first time I heard it I laughed till the tears ran down my pinafore.”