FAMILY FUN

New Zealand Tablet, 20 June 1912, Page 62

FAMILY FUN

Literary Puzzles and Puns. An amusing test of literary knowledge and quick thinking may be set at the dinner-table by propounding some of the following puzzles and, puns : ° A name that means such fiery things, I can t describe their pains and stings. m ~ , . —-Burns, lo agitate a weapon.—Shakespeare. A lady’s garment.—Spencer. What comes from a pig?— A very vital part of the body.—Harte. , . What is an oyster likely to be —Shelley. Small talk and a heavy weight.— Chatterton. What is the value of a word ?—Wordsworth. What is a worker in precious metals Goldsmith. A number and a ma of the the human species.—fennyson. x ~ h^ T1 is one who is brighter and smarter than the other ?—Whittier. - What is a disagreeable thing to have on one’s toot ? —Bunyan. . Who is the official dreaded’by students of English Universities ?—Proctor. 6 Not one of the points of the compass, but inclining towards one of them.—Southey. 5 r n- W i?° S, wl !? Se middle name is suggestive of ar' Indian?—Walter Savage Landor. ' Red as an apple. Black as night. A heavenly sign, or a perfect fright. . —Crabbe.