Triplets
When the domestic event was due, the prospective father, being ordered
out of the house, celebrated the occasion with many friends in a number
of saloons. He celebrated so well that the clock was striking three in
the morning when he entered the house. A nurse hurried to him, and undid
some wrappings that revealed three tiny faces. The father stared
reproachfully at the clock in the hall, and then, again regarding his
group of children, spoke earnestly:
"Oi'm not superstitious, but Oi thank hivin Oi didn't come home at
twelve!"