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4 6. There was a man bespoke a thing,

Which, when the owner home did bring,

He that made it did refuse it,

He that bought it would not use it,

And he that had it could not tell,

Whether it suited ill or well.

7. Enough for one, too much for two, and nothing at all for three.

8. There was a man who was not born,

His father was not before him;

He did not live, he did not die,

And his epitaph is not o'er him.

9. We are little airy creatures,

All of different voice and features;

One of us in glass is set,

Another yon will find in jet,

A third you're sure to meet in tin,

And the fourth a box within ;

If the last you should pursue,

It can never fly from you.

10. 'Tis in the church, but not in the steeple,

'Tis in the parson, but not in the people,

'Tis in the clapper, but not in the beli,

'Tis in the oyster, but not in the shell.

11. "Tis true I have both face and hands,

And move before your eye;

Yet when I go my body stands,

And when I stand I lie.

12. Formed long ago, yet made to-day,

I'm most in use when others sleep;

What few would like to give away,

Yet none would wish to keep.

13. What is that which has neither flesh nor bone, and yet has four fingers and a thumb?

14. "What relation is that gentleman to you?" said one lady to another. She answered, “His mother was my mother's only child."