@article{652086, note = {Tom Gay is probably a pseudonym.}, author = {Gay, Tom.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/652086}, title = {Tom gay's comical Jester; or The wit's merry medley Being a new and most beautiful collection of brilliant jests, funny jokes, merry stories, amorous adventures, pleasant tales, smart repartees, witty quibbles, Irish bulls, &c. &c. To which is added, a curious collection of new conundrums, rebusses, and riddles, sharp epigrams, droll epitaphs, amorous poems, songs, fables, &c. The whole being entirely freed from that dulness which infests most other jest-books-and is calculated to kill care, banish sorrow, promote mirth, crack the sides, chear the heart, and prove an everlasting cordial of low spirits. [electronic resource] :}, publisher = {Printed for Dillon Chamberlain, in Smock Alley, James Hunter, in Sycamore-Alley; and Robert Bell, in Stephen street,}, recid = {652086}, pages = {[2],46p. :}, address = {Dublin :}, year = {1763}, }