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 of a mason's mare at the back of a dyke, amongst the bones of an hundred dead horse?

A. Because they are made of wood.

Q. Which are the two things not to be spared, and not to be abused?

A. A soldier's coat and a hired horse.

old gentleman and his two sons being in a company, his eldest son sitting next to him, spoke a word which highly displeased his father, for which his father gave him a hearty blow on the side of the head; a well, said he, I will not lift my hand to strike my parent, but he gives his other brother, that sat by him, a blow on the ear, saying, give that about by way of a drink till it comes to my father again.

A sailor travelling between Edinburgh and Linlithgow, which is 12 long computed miles; and as he was setting out in the morning about eight o'clock; he saw a vain-like young spark