A doctor examining a little boy for throat problems, he enquires whether the child snores, the child retorts that his mother does. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1894.

The throat doctor. "And does your little boy ever snore, Mrs. Brown?" Mrs. Brown. "I don't think so. He always sleeps in our room, and we've never noticed it!" Little Brown. "Mammy snores - if you like!"