RIDDLES.
How can you get eggs -without hens?—From the ducks. When is a ship very loving?—-When It hugs the shore. What is a country seat?—A milking stool. When did the fly fly?—When the spider spied her. When does the ocean moan?—When the crayfish pinches its under-tow (toe). Why did the daisies smile?—Because they saw the prim rose. Why is a hen such a quick feeder? —Only four pecks to a bushel of corn. (Sent by “Sunset Glow” 12, Claudelands.) Why is a broken window like a man who has had his tooth out? Because the pane (pain) has gone. When is a window like a simple trick? —when you can see through it. Q. What has feet but cannot walk? A. A tape-measure. Sent by “Golden Light,” Hamilton.)
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Waikato Times, Volume 110, Issue 18408, 15 August 1931, Page 16 (Supplement)
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