MY MAIL BOX
Dear Peter the Whaler, I have Ileanl a lot about "The Good Endeavour League" and 1 would very much like to lie a member. I enclose threepence. Yours sincerely, Judith Hansen. Welcome, aboard lass and -let's hope you win heaps of free picture tickets. Your certificate leaves today. All the best. P.T.W. Dear Peter the Whaler,, It is about time I wrote, to you. I am sending in some riddles and rhymes. Rub a dub. dub. Three men in a tub And who do you think they were The butcher, tlic baker, the candleStick maker They all came out of a rotten potato. Dinner Hey ding a ding what shall I sing? How many holes in a skimmer? Four and twenty, my stomach is empty, Pray mamma give me some dinner. Saving The barber shaved the mason, And I suppose Cut off his .nose. And pop'd it in a basin. Punch and Judy Punch and Judy fought for a pie Punch gave Judy a punch in the eye. Riddles What tree clothes half the world? —Cotton. Where arc balls and routs supplied gratis?—On a field, of battle. Why is a red herring like a makintosh?—Because it. keeps dry. Why is Queen Elizabeth like a hat? —Because they both have crowns. Tsobcl Grant.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 90, 16 July 1943, Page 6
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215MY MAIL BOX Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 90, 16 July 1943, Page 6
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