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Q. How many toad's 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 wade pudding prick need?

A. If it be well made, it needs 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 goodbrother to you?

A. He is my father.

Q. How many holes are there in a hen's do up? A. Two.

Q. How prove you that?

A. There is one for the dung, and another for the egg.

Q. What is the beſt method of catching rogues?

A There is none ſo fit as a rogue himſelf.

Q. Where was the uſeleſt fair in Scotland kept?