A sixteenth-century riddle

[wolfinthewood]

This riddle is so daft that I love it:

Question: Wherefore set they upon church steeples more a cock than a hen?

Answer: If men should set there a hen, she would lay eggs and they would fall upon men's heads.

from The Demaundes Joyous (1511)

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[morgan-dhu.livejournal.com]

That is delightfully daft indeed.

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