‘The clerk leant over the table and said gently: “And what have you to lay before the Meeting?”’ Photo: by Sarah Halliday on Unsplash
Eye - 6 January 2023
From A little laugh to Pencils at the ready!
by Elinor Smallman
6th January 2023
A little laugh
‘Much Quaker humour raises a gentle smile rather than a belly laugh,’ reflects Beth Allen, from Bromley Meeting.
She shared a tale from the book More Laughter in Quaker Grey, first published in the 1950s:
‘In a small country town, the Quakers were holding their Business Meeting.
‘It was a hot day, and the door to the street was wide open.
‘In the pause between two items, a hen wandered in and stood in the centre.
‘The clerk leant over the table and said gently: “And what have you to lay before the Meeting?”’
