39. My father have a rooster, got no coop can keep him but one.

—Fire; only water can keep fire.

40. My father have a pig; cut him at his head he don’t die, cut him at

his tail he die.

—Tree.

41. My father have a pen of sheep an’ don feed nowhere but on the

hill-side.

—Lice on the head.

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