THE RIDDLER.

Otago Witness, Issue 1975, 26 September 1889, Page 27

THE RIDDLER.

New Riddles. 5255. Charade.— By C. M. M., Queenetown:— My first is but a little word, But a word of great significance ;

When joined to some little verb It now denotes the future tense. For second a verb and pronoun bind, A sentence complete fcho' but two words ; 'Tis used by men of every kind, As much by beggars as by lords. Now join them both and write them down, And verbs and pronoun both have fled ; You find naught but a simple noun— The name of one who armies led And battles fought and won a crown, Both glory great and much renown. 5256. Double Acrostic— By R. M'K., Whare Plat t

The initials give the name of a town in Scotland, and the finals give the name of a very popular game. Separate words— A precious atone, beneath, madness, a torch light, turning quickly, to gratt, abundant, not genuine. 5257. Numbered Charade. — By Myrtle, Waita-

Huna :—

My 1, 3, 4, 6, where the burden is (aid ; my 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, a gust of wind : my 8, 9, 10, a single Lumber ; my 7, 8, 9, 10, a sound ;my6.7, 8, 9, 10, a piece of metal; my 2,3,6,7, a shoemaker's tool, my 1,13, 14. what comes with the fourth of the month; my 4, 8. 9, 10, the growth of a tree; my 11, 12, 13, a steep ascent; my 4, 3, 5,11, what everyone eats. My whole, where ibis dwell. 5258. Conundrums.— By M. Moyle, Lawrence :— 1. What makes a pair of boots » 2. What should a clergyman preach^bout ? 3. Although I've neither legs nor feat, I'm only useful when I go ; I have no tongue, but yet I tell What hundreds want to know. 5259. Logogram.— Selected by Mignonette, Herbert:

I am a useful article outside your door; decapitated and curtailed, am worn with mourning ; beheaded again, a plant; once more beheaded, an animal which, transposed, becomes a vegetable. 5260. Transposition.— By W. G. Coster :— Army dab. a tellit balm, Ei&l frieddt sown 'tis ceefel, Tunil it pelts heatenb eth vofea Dan tog ib cklab hitw eserag.

Answers to Riddles Pnblislied September 12. 5243. Conundrums.— By M. Mojle, Lawrence:— 1. One kisses his misses and the other misses bio kisses. 2. Mistake. 3. He would want muzzlin'. 4. Because it is a denr little thing. 5244. Enigma.— Selected by Mignonette, Herbert:—

Staff. 5245. Transpositions,— By Edith K. Bell -.— 1, Law. awl ; 2, goat toga. 5246. Charade.— Selected by Romany Eye, Mussel burgh;— Hoodwink. 5247. Riddle.— By W. Davison :— Apple. 5248. Hidden Cities.— By Mildred Fee :— Paris, I ondon, Berlin, Madrid, Home, Moscow.

Correct Answers. W. G. Coster, 5238, 39, 40, 41, 42. E. L., Srewatt'a Island 5237. M. W. W., Woodl»nds, 5243, 47, 48. Myrtle, Wattahuna, 5243 (2), 48. R. M'K., Whare Flat, 5V43 (2. 4), 44, 48. Ibis, Blackstone Hill, 52. 46, 48.

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