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A RHYMING RIDDLE.

WRITTEN WHEN AT SCHOOL.

My colour's brown, my shape 's uncouth,
On ilka side I ha'e a mouth,
And, strange to tell, I will devour
My bulk of meat in half-an-hour.
 

Answer.—The big, brown, unshapely nose of a well-known character, who took large quantities of snuff.

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