Three farm boys.....

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Three farm boys were looking for a wife, when a girl moved in next door....

She had hair like sunshine, a smile like a new morning, and was beautiful and perfect in every way - except for one flaw. She had one leg substantially shorter than the other, and she walked kind of tilted over because of it.

The first boy came to call, and asked her to marry him.

She said "If you can guess my name, I will marry you" Mary, he said, because you are as beautiful as the Mother of God.

No, she said, and he sadly walked away.

The same thing happened with the second boy, and he thought her name was Dawn, because she was as beautiful as a new day. No, she said, and he sadly walked away.

The third boy said Willow, because you make me weep, you are so beautiful. No, she said, and he sadly walked away.

When they were home discussing what had happened, they decided to all go back and find out what her name really was. They knocked on her door, and she opened it, tilted over as usual because of her short leg, and the demanded to know her name.

"Isn't it obvious?", she said. "Eileen."

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Exact same scenario in Japan, except her name was Irene.