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into classes.

Why is the letter W like a maid of honor? Because it is always in
waiting.

Spell an interrogation with one letter. Y (why?).

Why is the letter T like an amphibious animal? Because it lives both
in earth and water.

Why is the nose on your face like the v in civility? Because it's
between two eyes (i's).

Take away one letter from me, and like Macbeth I murder; take away
two, and I probably shall die, if my whole does not save me.
Kill-ill-skill.

There is a word of three syllables, from which if you take away five
letters a male will remain; if you take away four, a female will be
conspicuous; if you take away three, a great man will appear; and the
whole word shows what Joan of Arc was? He, her, hero, heroine.

What letter in the Dutch alphabet will name an English lady of title?
A Dutch-S.

Why is the letter D like a hoop of gold? Because we can't be wed
without it.

Why is the letter K like a pig's tail? Because it is the end of pork.

How do you spell "blind pig" in two letters? P G, pig without an I.

Why is a horse like the letter O? Because Gee makes it Go.

Why is the figure 9 like a peacock? It is nothing without its tail.

When is the letter L like a piece of unparalleled generosity? When it
enables a lady to make over a lover.

Why is the letter F like a cow's tail? It is the end of beef.

Describe a suit of old clothes in two letters? C D (seedy).

Make five less by adding to it. V, IV.

Why is the letter S like a pert repartee? Because it begins and ends
in sauciness.

What small animal is turned into a larger one by beheading it?
Fox--ox.

Why are sidewalks in winter like music? If you don't C sharp, you
will B flat.

Why is a pensive widow like the letter X? Because she's never
inconsolable.

What two letters express the most agreeable people in the world? U
and I.

How does the letter Y work an impossibility? It makes a lad into a
lady.

Tie a cross to a monkey and the animal will be transposed into a
point. Add X to ape, and you obtain apex.

Why is the letter N like a pig? Because it makes a sty nasty.

Why is it that I cannot spell Cupid? When I get to C U (see you) I
forget everything else.

Why is the letter B like a fire? Because it makes oil boil.

Why is the letter R a profitable letter? Because it makes ice into
rice.

Why is the letter T like Easter? Because it's the last of Lent.

When does a blacksmith make a row in the alphabet?