RIDDLES
Your initials begin with an A, You’ve an A at the end of your name, The whole of your name is an A, And it’s backwards and forwards the name ? Answer: Anna. I’m seen in the moon, but not in the sun; I’m put in pistol but not in gun; I’m found in fork, but not in a knife, I belong to the parson, but not to Ills wife; I go with rogue, but not with a thief; I’m seen in book but not in leaf; I stay in town but not in the street; I go with vour toes, but not with your feet. Answer: Letter O. Ever (running on my race, Never staying at one place, Through the world I make mv tour Everywhere at the same hour. If you please to spell my name, Reversed or forward, ’tig the same. Answer: Noon. What times of the day, ' Good bovs and girls name, Read backwards or forwards Are always the sarnie? Answer: Noon and eve q—What, is it you always .like to have, but always try to get rid off A. —A good appetiteQ. Whv is a frozen pavement like the letter 1'?. —Ans. : Because it makes “at’” “fall.”
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 26 November 1927, Page 18
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202RIDDLES Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 26 November 1927, Page 18
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