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 8 was three little holes broke in Noah's ark and that the dog put his nose in one, and another the man put his knee in it, a third and biggest hole broke, and the woman set her backside into it; add these parts being exposed to the cold blast, makes them always cold ever since. Q. And what remedy does the man take to warm his knees ? A. He holds them towards the fire, and when in bed draws his shirt over them. Q. What does the woman do to warm their cold parts ? A. The married woman turn their backside about to the goodman’s belly; virgins, and those mad for marriage, the heat of their maiden-heads keeps them warm; old matrons and whirl’d o'er maid- ens, widows, and widows bewitched, hold up their cold parts to the fire. Q. And what remedy does the poor dog take for his cold nose? A. Staps it in below his tail ,the hot- test bit in his body. Q. What is the reason that dogs are worse on chapmen,than on any other strahge people ? A. It is said the dogs have three accu- sations against the chapmen, handed down from father to son, or from one gen-