Shilling Jokes

A Dublin lawyer died in poverty and many barristers of the city subscribed to a fund for his funeral. The Lord Chief Justice of Orbury was asked to donate a shilling.
''Only a shilling to bury an attorney?'', said the Justice, ''Here's a guinea, go and bury 20 of them.''

A Dublin lawyer died in poverty and many barristers of the city sub- scribed to a fund for his funeral. The Lord Chief Justice of Orbury was asked to donate a shilling. "Only a shilling?" said the Justice, "Only a shilling to bury an attorney? Here's a guinea; go and bury 20 more of them."

A Dublin lawyer died in poverty and many barristers of the city subscribed to a fund for his funeral. The Lord Chief Justice of Orbury was asked to donate a shilling.
"Only a shilling?" said the Justice, "Only a shilling to bury an attorney? Here's a guinea; go and bury 20 of them."

A Dublin lawyer died in poverty and many barristers of the city donated money for his funeral. The Lord Chief Justice was asked to contribute a shilling. "A shilling?" he said. "You mean it costs only a shilling to bury a lawyer? Here is a pound: go bury 20 of them!"

A Dublin lawyer died in poverty, and many people donated to a fund for his funeral. The Lord Chief Justice of Orbury was asked to donate a shilling. “Only a shilling? ” said the Justice,
“Only a shilling to bury an attorney? Here’s a guinea; go and bury twenty more of them. ”