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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0918, Page 122

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    A The loop on a churn.
    Q Why is the letter T like an island?
    A Because it is in the middle of water.
    Q How would you buy a yard of pork?
    A Buy three pigs' feet.
    Q What can run but cannot walk?
    A A tap.
    Q Twenty-four white horses tied up in a stall
    Up comes a red one and licked them all?
    Your teeth and your tongue.
    Q Why is a coward like a kettle with a hole in it?
    A Because they both run.
    Q What goes up a ladder with its head down?
    A The nail in a man's boot.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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