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4 cold winter night, and so let it stand till sun-ris- ing next morning, then she'll become one of the peaceablest women that ever lay by a man's side. Q. What time of the year is it that that there are most holes open ? A. In harvest when there are stubbles. What time is a cow heaviest ? A. When the bull's on her back. Q. Who was the goodman's muckle cow's calf's mother A. The muckle cow herself. Q. What is the likeliest thing to a man on a horse ? A. A Tailor on a mare, 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 digging of a craw's nest ? A. None, for they are all carried. Q. How many whites will a well made pud- ding-prick need? A. When well made it will need no more