RIDDLES.
(Sent by Lexie Bellamy.)
A duck before two ducks, a duck between two ducks, and a duck behind two ducks. How many ducks altogether? Only three. (Sent by Patricia Knuckey.) What is worse than a giraffe with a sore neck?— A centipede with corns. (Sent by Leo Neumann.) Why are soldiers tired on April the first?— Because they have just had a "march" of 31 days. (Sent by Betty Neumann.) When are you like a nail? — When you are indoors. (Sent by Betty Meuli.) CAN YOU GUESS IT? What is this word? Its first two letters signify a man, its first three a woman, its first four a daring man and the whole a courageous Woman. Answer: Heroine.
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Taranaki Daily News, 12 November 1938, Page 14 (Supplement)
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119RIDDLES. Taranaki Daily News, 12 November 1938, Page 14 (Supplement)
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