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Q. What is the coldeſt part of a dig?

A. His noſe.

Q. What is the coldeſt part of a man?

A. His knees.

Q. What is the coldeſt part of a woman?

A. The back part of her body.

Q. What is the reaſon that theſe three parts of men, women, and dogs, are coldeſt?

A. Fabulous hiſtorians ſay, that there was three little holes in Noah's ark; and that the dog flopt his role in one, and another the wan put his knee in it; and the third and biggeſt hole, the woman 'bang'd her backfide into it; theſe parts being expoſed to the cold blaſt, makes them always cold ever ſince.

Q. What remedy does the man take, for warming his cold knees?

A. He holds them towards the fire; and when in bed, drays his thirt down over them.

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

A. The married women turn their backſide about to the goodman's belly: Virgins, and thoſe going mad for mar-