—By bridge.
261. Suppose all the tree was one tree and all the man was one man and
all the axes one ax; and suppose the one ax fell the one tree and the
one tree kill the one man, who would leave to tell the tale?
—Women.
262. Higher than God, lower than the devil; the dead feed on it but not
the living. [165]
—Nothing.
263. There was a woman born, live an’ die; never go to corruption,
never see God face.
—Lot’s wife.
264. There is a thing on earth that God could do but didn’t, the devil
had’nt got the power, and men do it. [166]
—Baptism.