rugged rocks the ragged rascals ran a truly rural race."
Repeat this five times quickly without a mistake and see what it
will come to?

A room with eight corners had a cat in each corner seven cats before
each cat and a cat on every cat's tail. What was the total number of
cats?
Eight cats.

Speaking of persons who have educated themselves, I once knew a
person who educated himself, and guess how the fellow spelt "Cat."
You could not guess in a year?
Answer.--"Kat," No. "Catt," No. "Katt," No. Give it up? Yes. "Cat."

Why is a cow's tail like a swan's bosom?
Because it grows down.

When is a horse's head where it's tail should be?
When his tail is towards the manger.

What should a clergyman preach about?
About half-an-hour.

Although I've neither legs not feet,
I'm only useful when I go;
I have no tongue, but yet I tell
What hundreds want to know.

A watch.

My sides are firmly laced about,
Yet nothing have within;
You'll find my head is straight indeed,
'Tis nothing else but skin.

A drum.

REPEAT THIS WITH A FRIEND
1. I am a gold lock; 2. I am a gold key.
1. I am a silver lock; 2. I am a silver key.
1. I am a brass lock; 2. I am a brass key.
1. I am a lead lock; 2. I am a lead key.
1. I am a monk lock; 2. I am a monk key.

MIND YOUR PUNCTUATION

King Charles 1. spoke half-an-hour after his head was cut off.

Every lady in this land
Has twenty nails upon each hand
Five and twenty hands and feet
All this is true without deceit.

I saw a peacock with fiery tail
I saw a blazing comet drop down hail
I saw a cloud wrapped with ivy round
I saw an oak creep upon the ground
I saw a monkey swallow up a whale
I saw the sea brimful of ale
I saw an ale glass full fifteen feet deep
I saw a well full of men's tears that weep
I saw red eyes all of a flaming fire
I saw a house bigger than the moon and higher
I saw the sun at twelve o'clock at night
I saw the man that saw this wondrous sight.

The Husband's Petition

Come hither my heart's darling, come sit upon my knee
And listen while I whisper a boon I ask of thee.
I felt a bitter craving--a dark and deep desire
That glows beneath my bosom like coals of kindled fire.
Nay, dearest, do not doubt me, though madly this I speak--
I feel thine arms about me, thy tresses on my cheek;
I k