What wind should a hungry sailor wish for? One that blows fowl and chops about.
Why is your considering yourself handsome like a chicken? Because it’s a matter of a-pinion (opinion)!
What is the difference between a hen and an idle musician? One lays at pleasure; the other plays at leisure.
Why would a compliment from a chicken be an insult? Because it would be in fowl (foul) language!
What is the difference between a chicken who can’t hold its head up and seven days? One is a weak one, and the other is one week.
Why are book-keepers like chickens? Because they have to scratch for a living.
Why is an aristocratic seminary for young ladies like a flower garden? Because it’s a place of haughty culture (horticulture)!
Why are young ladies born deaf sure to be more exemplary than young ladies not so afflicted? Because they have never erred (heard) in their lives!
Why are deaf people like India shawls? Because you can’t make them here (hear)!
Why is an undutiful son like one born deaf? Because your voice is lost upon him!