RIDDLES

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 175, 20 April 1929, Page 24

RIDDLES

Q. Why is the letter “a” like twelve o’clock? A. Because its in the middle of day. Q. What is it that comes in and goes out, and yet has never been seen indoors? : A. The tide. Q. What country inn do you find on a penny? A. King George’s Head. Q. When does a girl’s head remind you of the seaside? A. When there are waves on the shingle. ■ ' Q. What has four faces, one " arm, and one leg? : A. A lamp post. Q.. Red within, black without, four corners, round about. What is it? A. A chimney. Q. Why is a boy winning a race like a hat? A, Because they both go on ahead. Q. What South American country is never warm and yet makes food hot? A. Chile. Q. If you met a giant what poet would he make you think of? A, Longfellow. Q. What makes the ocean roar? A. It is so often crossed. A HOLIDAY TOY

It is, great fun making a piggery. All you want are some acorns, a box

of matches and a little tube of* seccotine.' . Each acorn makes a pig. it already has a little point like a snout; Make two little marks each side of it with a pen and ink for eyes, and just above them prick two holes and press in little splinters of a match for ears. Then prick four holes under the

acorn and press in four little pieces of match stick for legs, and piggie will look as he does in reality. - To make an enclosure for your pigs, cut off the beads of the matches and glue them together. This makes a lovely farm fence. The trough is the match-box without the lid. For the legs cut the head from a match and.divide the stick into four. Then glue the four pieces under the four corners of the match box, and you will have a fine trough for the pigs. WHO KNOWS 1. What insect knew the secret of paper-making ages before men found it out? 2. What domestic animal formerly had several toes hut now has only one? 3. What is the great service that the earth worm renders the world? 4. What is the distinguishing mark of all swift-swimming fishes? . 5. Why does the slot or opening of a pillarbox slant i ard. 1. The hornet. 2. The horse. .1. The worm mellows the soil and makes it more productive. 4. Forked tails. 5. So that the rain will not run down inside and soak the letters and also because it makes it more difficult for thieves to get letters out of the box.