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Q. What does the women do, to warm their cold parts ?

A. The married women put their back side into their husbands' arms :—Virgins and those going mad for marriage, their maiden head keeps them warm :—old ma- trons, and whirl'd-o’er maidens, and wid- ows bewitch’d, hold their coldest parts to the fire.

Q. And what remedy does the poor dog take, for his cold nose ?

A. He slaps it below his tail, the hot- test bit in his body.

Q. What is the reason the Dogs are worse on Chapman than on any other strangers ?

A. It is said, the Dogs have three accusations against the Chapmen, which has been handed down from father to son, or from one generation of Dogs to another : The first is as old as Esop, the great wit of Babylon.—The Dogs having a Law suit against the Cats, they gained the Plea; one of the Dogs com- ing trudging home, with the Decreet