Ribald Classic: To Beat The Devil

March, 1981

A Few Years Ago, there was a certain goral, a hill man, who felt humped and bumped by life, and so he was about to hang himself when Old Nick appeared and asked him what he was up to."If thy skin were mine," said the goral, "thou wouldst have hanged thyself thrice, not once.""A bet on that?""For what stakes?""For thy part, thou shalt hang thyself and be mine; but if I cannot bear thy life for three days, I'll make thee a rich man." They shook on...

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