RIDDLES,

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 223, 20 September 1930, Page 2 (Supplement)

RIDDLES,

What well never contains water ?~ An ink well. ■ , What goes through the wood without touching the grass or trees, and yet has no wings? —The blast of a horn. The Mind fiddler had a brother, but the Mind fiddler's brother had no brother?— The blind fiddler was a.girl. What goes upstairs on its lead?—A nail in a man's shoe. If tongs, shovel, poker and fender cost £1 18/(1, what will a ton of coal come to?— Ashes. What do bees do with their honey?— Cell (sell) it. - Why Is a soldier.like a gun-'—Because he goes off when . discharged. ■';-;••', What is that which occurs., twice in every moment, once in. a minute and never in a thousand years?— The letter M. Why is an almanac like a grocers; shop?— Both contain dates. What colour does flogging make a boy?— Yell o (yellow). What most resembles ii woman?—A big girl. Where did Napoleon stan<r when he landed at St. Helena ?-£n his feet. What we often catch but never see?— A passing remark.