DLF BADGES
Badges «or.t to Mn.yflov.er. Tne Piiii^e^ of Thule, Blue-eyed Bess, Somebody's Lcvei. Lord XeUon. D.L.F. EIDDLES. 1. Why is a banjo like the Bank of England ?— (Tongala.) 2. Why 13 a benevolent man like a logue? —(Tongala.) 3. Why are ihe stars like wild young men? — (Tongala.) 4. My first, a beverage, is used In almost every land; My second — a.h ' but wait « bit, My thiid is in a band ; My second, if you find it out, Will surely solve my riddle, And if you do, I promise true I wi'l find yon in the middle And then, if you reverse my who 1 ?, You will see without much tiymgThat I am, used by everyone In speech for qualifying — (Snonie ) 5. A letter out of brandy, A letter out of wine, A letter out of rank, A letter out of file. A letter out of finger, A letter out of knee, And the name of a town In Europe you'll sco. — (Snowie ) 6 I am known to the poorest and worst. And my worth by a child may be leckoned, Though the least thing in Nature, is double xny first, And the v.t.ole ie but half of my second. — (Snowi©.)
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Otago Witness, Issue 2861, 13 January 1909, Page 84
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202DLF BADGES Otago Witness, Issue 2861, 13 January 1909, Page 84
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