RIDDLES.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 3 October 1925, Page 18

RIDDLES.

What ship never goes to sea ? —-A friendship. - < ' : When is a muddy road like a loaded rifle?—When it is full'of cart ridges. What is it that is bought by the yard and worn bv the foot?—Stair carpet. Why is the letter C like frosty weather? —Because it makes old people cold people. -—Lulu Jackson. Black within aud red without, four corners round about. —-A chimney. —Ruby Jackson. Little Johnnie Redcoat had a stick in his hand and a stone in his throat. What is his other name?—A cherry. ' Black and white and read all over.— A newspaper. —Norah Jackson. What kind of table can be eaten? —* Vegetable. ( What is the lightest city in the world ?—Cork. Why is it unlucky to open an umbrella inside? —Because it is not raining inside. ' . —Jean Main, Why is a horse cleverer than a fox? —A horse can run in a trap and a fox cannot. What has five fingers but cannot hold an apple?—A glove. Why is it that six men under one umbrella did not get wet?—Because it was not raining. —Grace MaeKenzie. What is it in a white dress the longer / it stands the shorter it grows?—A ' candle. . —lrrel Radford.