TO LITTLE FOLKS.

Otago Witness, Issue 1917, 17 August 1888, Page 35

TO LITTLE FOLKS.

B. S. — There are so many letters jusfc now thafc it would scarcely do fco commence the tale if it would run over mauy weeks. I shall keep the first part, and when there are fewer letters ifc can be started. — Dot. Martha' Ada Haley, Maerewhenua. — I think Fairy would be a vice name for thedoli. — Dot.

LITTLE FOLKS' RIDDLES. 92. By A. L. Nea'.e, Carey's Bay : —My sides are firmly laced about— Yefc nothing have within— You'll find my head ia strange indeed.— 'Tia nothing else but skin. 5)3. By Mary West, Invercargill :— I have a brother whose uame I will give in a riddle : 500 begins it, 500 ends ifc, 5 in fche middle is seen — fche first ot all letters, the first of all iigure3, this was tho name of a great King. 04. By Hugh Henry Watson:— Why is "P M like Paris ? 95. By C. :-A brown house and a white house inside of it, and the floor of the white home was made of milk 9(3. By Janefc Livingston:— Black wifchfn and red witihous, I have gofc four co ne s round about. 97. By Jessie Scott :— I looked through the pailing, and taw a ship sailing, and what was the captain's name? 98. By Aim P. Wilson, Owake:— l am going to give the little folks a rid He. A herring and a-half for three baw-bees, how many wilj you get for lid. 99. hy Peter M'Laj , Grlenomaru : -Water was the lock, aud wood was the key, the hunter's taken, and the prisoners set free. 100. By Alice Yeoman, Port Chalmers : -I took ib fco India with me, find it wouldn't go there, I brought it back again b.-cause it stopped there. 101. By Gertrude, Naseby :— As I was going over London Bridge I saw a man under water -If I tell his name I shall be to blame -I've fcold his name five times over. 102. By Mary Mafcheson, Forfcrose : —Around fche rocks, around the rocks the ragged rascal ran— lf you tell me how many r's in thafc — 1 wiil call you a clever man. ANSWERS TO LITTLE POLKS' RIDDLES Published July 27. 81. By Ernest C. Love :— lf fche grate be (great B) empty (m tr) pufc some coal on (: colon). 3a. By Kate Q. :- Because they otteu go out when they shouldn't. 3a. By Helen Balloch : -Wet. . 34. By Benjaitiiu MD. Taylor .— Port. 35. By A. C , Clyde:— A looking-glass. HtS. By Samuel Helm ;— A noise, 37. By Edith Blair :— When fche cow jumped over the moon. JJ3. By Archibald Campbell :— A plough. d 9. By Edward Watson :— Abel. ■10. By Tot; -A worsted stocking. 41. By Annie Elliot : —Impossibility. •12. By Arthur:— Abed. •13. By Frederick 11.I 1 . D.mvers: — A tanner. 14, By Annie :— A sponge. 45. By Mary Clellaud :— Because ifc would ba high bie(a)d. 4(5. By D. Dumps :-Nothing. 47. By Annie Pollock: — Too cross you are, too cross you be, I see you are too cross for me. 48. By George Jackson : — Grandfather. 4ft. By Alice Atfcfield. Clyde :— Sound. 50. By Daisy, Fairfax :— Into his fortieth. 51. By Chas. 33. Foofce:— When ifc comes out of its shell. 52. By William C. :— When ifc has wings. 53. By Ani>ie Osborne White : —A ditch. 54. By Samuel D. Jackson:— Because his nosß is above his chin. 55. By Florence :— The one trains the minds, and the other minds fche train. 5(5. By J., Ngapara: -The rose of the watering-pot which rains (reigns) over them. CoRRECr Answers.— A. J. Richardson, Wanfcwood, 31, 3U, 37, 41, 4t5, 47. Tiffin, Herbert, 45. Tibby, Herbert, 47. Sarah Campbell, 38, 44, 47. Maria Spiers, 35, 39. E. W.. Owake, 35, 37, 33, 40, 47, 48, 50, 53. Janet, Livingstone, 35, 4i. David A. Lamb, 39. Little folks must send answers with new riddles or they cannot appear.