@article{652087, note = {Tom Gay is probably a pseudonym.}, author = {Gay, Tom.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/652087}, 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, humorous 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 infects most other jest books-and is calculated to kill care, banish sorrow, promote mirth, crack the sides, choar the heart, and prove an everlasting gordial for low spirits. [electronic resource] :}, publisher = {Printed for J. Cooke, at Shakespear's-head in Pater-noster-Row. And sold by all other booksellers in England,}, recid = {652087}, pages = {60p.,plate ;}, address = {London :}, year = {1770}, }