CHILDREN'S PUZZLE COLUMN.
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(1) Why is a pig in a parlour like a house on fire ? (2) What is that which resembles a cat's tail ? (3) W T hen is a soldier like a baby ? (4) When is a man not a man !— Cousin Dot. Blenheim. (1) Why is the moon like a lump of beeswax ? (2) Why is the moon like the carpet?— Cousin Ettie. (1) Why is a cowardly soldier like butter! (2) When is a man not a man ? (3) Why is a steam engine like a flea ?— Cousin Eknest. If 120 grains make a scruple, how many will make a doubt? If seven days make one week, how many will make one strong? If five and a half yards make a pole, how many will make a Turk ? If three miles will make a league, how many will make a confederacy ? If fonr quarters make a yard, how many will make a garden?— Cousin Kate.
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES. For the future I am going to put the puzzles in one week,
and the answers the next, otherwise they are forgotten before guessed by all.—Cousin Katk. Answer to Cousin Lillie’s puzzle : Because it has a head one side and a tail the other.—Cousin Dot. Answers to Cousin Ethel’s riddles : (1) An umbrella. (2) Because its red. (3) Sand. Answers to Cousin Lina’s riddles : (1) A green cabbage. (2) A thimble. (3) Because no other animal can stand eo long on one leg.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XV, Issue VI, 10 August 1895, Page 183
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246CHILDREN'S PUZZLE COLUMN. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XV, Issue VI, 10 August 1895, Page 183
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