Backward and forward it answer the same;
Take away the first letter and the first of humanity race,
Take away the second and the thing that make the water-wheel turn.
Take away the third, and the first of the alphabetical verb.
—Madam, Adam, dam, am. [[215]]
249. Give a number that isn’t even: cut off the head, you get it even; cut off the tail, your mother’s name you shall find.[85]
—Seven, even, Eve.
250. What word of one syllable, take away two letters and leave two syllables?[86]
—Plague, ague.
251. A word of one syllable which, when two is taken off, ten remain.