What celebrated man in English history might you name if you wished to tell your servant to replenish the fire in your grate? Philip the Great (fill up the grate).
A man had twenty-six (twenty sick) sheep and one died, how many remained? Nineteen.
What is the difference between an Irishman on a bleak mountain-top and a Scotchman? One is kilt with the cowld and the other is cowled with the kilt.
If a pair of andirons cost five dollars, what would the wood come to burned on them for one month? Come to ashes.
What is the difference between Niagara Falls and Queen Elizabeth? One is a wonder, the other is a Tudor.
What is a soldier’s definition of a kiss? A report at headquarters.
Why is it easy to break into an old man’s house? Because his gait (gate) is broken and his locks are few.
What word of only three syllables combines in it twenty-six letters? Alphabet.
Where can one always find happiness? In the dictionary.
When will there be but twenty-five letters in the alphabet? When U and I are one.