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Story 339

Nailed to the Rood

During Lent the priest ate very little food,

and he kept in a contemplative mood.

Every day he went to church where he

thought about Jesus being jeered and booed,

then nailed to the rood.

He thought of His great fortitude, and he prayed for
a life of rectitude.

Story 340

Poor Gertrude

Gertrude and her parents began to feud. Gertrude, thinking
she was so shrewd, left home wanting more latitude, and took a

job that was somewhat lewd.

"Gertrude," said a friend, "you have a terrible attitude, and

your dancing is awfully crude."

Gertrude responded, "You’re plainly rude, a bit of a prude,
and simply jealous of my pulchritude!"

As it turned out, poor Gertrude wasn't a bit shrewd: she

married a no-good, do-nothing, lewd, jiving dude!