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7 Q What is the coldeſt part of a dog?

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.

10. What's the reaſon that theſe three parts of men, women and dogs are coldeſt?

A. Fabulous hiſtorians write, that there 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 back-ſide into it; and 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 women turn their backſide about to the goodman's bellys virgins, and thoſe mad for mar-