LITTLE FOLKS' RIDDLES.
689. By Lizzie' Barker, Bluff t-Qy What .did Adam first plant in his garden t (2) What should a clergyman preach about? 690. By Emerald, Roxburgh r-CD What is the first you do when you go to bed 1- (2) Why is a bookseller like an old hen! (3) Why is a baby like a Chinaman f 691. By Lizzie Bertenshaw, Waipori :— Why ia a blacksmith like a thief ? 692. By Jeanie Meston, Maungatua :— My first is a waterfowl ; my second is a fruit ; and my whole is a fruit. 693.— 8y A. W. B. :— Why does a cow look over ahill? I 634.— 8y Willie Alexander :-(l) Of what trade is the sun? (2) What four letters would frighten a thief ? (3) What occurs twice in a moment and not once in twenty years ? I ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK'S RIDDLEfif. 685. By Old Tom Cat, Queenstown :-<l) One misses his kisses, and .the other .kisses his missus. (2) Because she is generally attached' to a buoy. 686. By Bella Chalmers, Gentle Annie :— (1) The walls. (2) The other half . ' 687. By Ivy, Otautau :— A carrot. 688. By Sandy :— None— they all flew away.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2058, 3 August 1893, Page 45
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197LITTLE FOLKS' RIDDLES. Otago Witness, Issue 2058, 3 August 1893, Page 45
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