“Guigne a beau de qui sabot de
Nid a beau de t’elle?”
DOG LATIN
Here are all the elements of a rat hunt, expressed in Latin words:—“Sit stillabit,” sed amanto hiscat, “sta redde, sum misi feror arat trito unda minus, solet me terna ferret in micat.” They read into English, if differently pointed, thus:—Sit still a bit, said a man to his cat, stay ready, some mice I fear, or a rat try to undermine us, so let me turn a ferret in, my cat.
EARLY RITUAL
It is said that at first Adam thought Eve angelical, but there came a time when they both took to vestments.
LEST WE FORGET
If a man says that he forgets what he does not wish to remember, does he mean to say that he does not remember what it is that he wishes to forget; or that he is able to forget that which he does not wish to remember?
QUAINT ANGLO-FRENCH QUESTION AND REPLY
Pas qu’il ma, ou qu’il pas?
Marwood!