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Q. What thing is that which is lengthened
by being cut at both ends? A. A Ditch.
Q. What is that which was born without a
soul, lived and had a soul, yet died without a
soul.
A. The whale that swallowed Jona.
Q. What is the longest and the shortest thing
in the world? the swiftest and the slowest? the
most indivisible and the most extended? the least
valued and the most regretted? without which
nothing can be done? which devours all that is
small, yet gives life and spirit to all that is great?
A. Time.
What creatures are those which appear
closely connected, yet upon examination are found
to be three distinct bodies, with eight legs, five
on one side, and three on the other; three mouths,
two straight forwards, and the third on one side;
six eyes, four on one side, two on the other; six
ears, four on one side, and two on the other?
A. A Man and Woman on horseback.
Q. Why is a churchyard like an inn?
A. Because it receives weary travellers.
Why is a carrotty lady like a troop of
soldiers.
A. Because she bears fire-locks.
Q. What did Adam first set in the garden of Eden? A. His foot.
