Answers to Riddles Published May 29.
6467. Enigma.- By Oordes:— Afc-tent-ive; first two syllables transposed, tentative. 5468. -Transposition.— By Mignonette, Herbert:— What though Fortune frown on us, or friends prove unkind, We can never be poor, love, with wealth of the mind ; We can never be lonely, though all should depart, Whilst we live in the pulse-peopled world of the heart. 5469. Charade.— Seleoted by Thersites, Oamaru s— Campbell. 5170. Buried Mythological Names.— By Komany Bye, Mußselburgh: — Hercules, Bndymion, Cerberm, Achilles, Eurydice, Menelaus, Atalanta, Hesperus. 5471. Charade.— Selected by Oolonslie, Wakari:— Snowball. 5472. Transpositions.— By Andrew A. Scott -.— 1, Horse, shoe; 2, source, course; 3, Peru, pure4, fibre, brief.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1897, 12 June 1890, Page 31
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