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Q. What is the hardest dinner that ever a Tailor laid his teeth to?

A: His own goose, tho' ever so well boiled or roasted.

Q. How many toads' tails will it take to reach up to the moon?

A. One, if it be long enough.

Q. How many sticks gangs to the bigging of a craw's nest?

A. None, for they are all carried.

Q. How many whites will a well made pudding-prick need?

A: When well made it will need no more.

Q. Who was the father of Zebedee's children?

A. Zebedee himself.

Q. Where did Moses go when he was full fifteen years old. A. Into his sixteenth.

Q. How near related is your aunty's                     good-brother to you?

A. He is my father.

Q. How many holes are there in a                     hen.'s doup    A. Two

Q. How prove you that?