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 12 master, therefore he thinks himseif a great man. Q. What sort of a song is it that’s sung without a tongue, and its notes are un- derstood by people of all nations ? A. It is a fart, which every body knows to be but wind. Q. What is the reason that young peo- ple are vain, giddy-headed and airy, and not so humble as in former times? A. Because they are brought up and educated after a more haughty strain, by reading fables, plays and romances, gos- pel books, such as the psalm book, pro- verbs and catechisms are like old alma- nacks: Nothing is now in vogue, but fiddle, flute, Tory and Babylonish tunes; our plain English speech corrupted with beauish' cants, don't, won’t, nen, and ken, a jargon worse than the Yorkshire dialect. Q. Why is Swearing become so com- mon amongst the Scots people? A. Because so many lofty teachers | come from the south among us, where swearing is practised in its true grammati- cal perfection, hot oaths, new struck off, with as bright a lustre as a new quarter guinea. Q. How will you know the bones of a