Riddle Competition

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIV, Issue 282, 8 November 1924, Page 10

Riddle Competition

BEST RfoDLE.

Why is Ireland like a butter-shop?— Besause it is full of little Pats.

What three letters of the alphabet ought wo all to have?—A.Y.Z. (a wise head). —Prize of 1/- to Ivy Flack (12 years)

How can you spell “hungry horse” with four letters?—MTGG (empty gee- ,

—Oliv© Borrie,

If I had a turkey on a plate and the plate broke and the turkey fell on the ground, what four countries would that represent?—-The uphold of Turkey the downfall of Greece, the destruction of China, the disappointment of Hungary, gary.

—Marah Chilton (11 years), Willow Park road, Hastings.

What is the difference betw’een a lady and a penny stamp?—-One is a female and the other is a mail fee. AVhy do black fowls lay fewet eggs than whites ones?—Because there are fewer of them. —Roy White (15 years 5 months), 505 Charles street, Hastings.

What is the first thing you set in your garden?—Your foot. WJien js coffee like mud?—When it is ground. —Lee White (8 years 6 months). 5(X5 Chqrles street. Hastings.

What is it that Johnny can put into his right hand, but whiah he cannot put into hi« left hand?—His left elbow. • —Verona Bone (aged 11 years), 400 Nelson Street, Hastings.

What kind of hen lays longest?—A'-' A dead hen. What is the difference between a cow and an old chair?—On© ghes milk and the other gives way. —Ray Popplewell (11 years), 308 Warren street, Hastings.

What is that which is lighter than a feather, and yet cannot be held?— Breath.

What part of a ship is like a farmer ? —The tiller. Georg© Rushton Beattie street (age 13).

What turns without moving?—Milk. —Marjorie Ward (10 years) Kaiappi road, Hastings.

What thing went to Wellington didn’t go. came back, and went?— A clock.

If a neighbour’s hen laid an egg in your place, whose egg irould it be?— The hen’s egg. . Clarence McKe© (age 13 years), Hastings West School.

What is it that goes under water and over the water, yet it never touches the Water?—-An egg in. a duck’s stomach.

Why is kissing like putting <»n a stamp?—Because It takes two heads.

—May Harrison (11 years). 708 Fitzroy Avenue.. Hastings.