Poison maid, the, 75
Poisons, curious, 297
Pole, liberty, 90

Ponds, bottomless, 128, 141, 165, 192

runaway, 233, 244
slobbery, 142

Pope, first to wear beard, 76
half English, 136

only English, 4, 93

126

Popocatepetl, 41, 53, 175, 273, 260
Porcupig, 68
'Possum, playing,
Pour, turn for, 35
Prayer, agony of, 295
an Egyptian, 38
book, the wicked, 290
Precious stones in medicine, 273
Preexistence, sense of, 250
Presbyterians, blue nosed, 6, 47
President who did not vote, 86
Pretzel, 115, 139

Primroses by river brim, 64

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Woodmas, 53

Words for rhymesters, hard, 32, 44 59
local, 6

notes on, 15, 50, 170, 183

rare, 273

Word wanted, new,
Worm's tongue, 67

Xanadu, 48

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INDEX.

Yacht, 51

Yankee Doodle, 225
Year is this, what, 174
Yoked with a lamb, 103
Yop, 22

Ys, city of, 20

Zohrab, 245, 285

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In the early days of the Anglo-Saxons, the domestic games were a necessity, as but few people could read or write. They were exceedingly fond of games of chance. dice they play," says Dr. Henry in his "History of England," "with wonderful skill, and in perfect coolness after they have lost all their money and goods, they venture their