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12 ſung without a tongue, and its notes are underſtood 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 people are vain, giddy-headed and aivy, 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, goſpel books, ſuch as the pſalm book, proverbs and catechiſms are like old almanacks: 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 o common amongſt the Scots people?

A. Becauſe ſo many lofty teachers come from the ſouth among us, where ſwearing is practiſed in its true grammatical perfection, hot oaths, new ftruck off, with as bright a luftre as a new quarter guinea.

Q. How will you know the bones