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RIDDLES

What is the wig that a wigmaker cannot make?—An earwig. Why can a porpoise never be weighed?—Because it has no scales. Why is a boaster like an indiarubber ball?—Because he is full of bounce. When is the letter G like a currant cake?—When it makes a lad glad. What keeps alive even in a furnace? —A piece of coal.

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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 176, 15 October 1927, Page 31 (Supplement)

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RIDDLES Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 176, 15 October 1927, Page 31 (Supplement)

RIDDLES Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 176, 15 October 1927, Page 31 (Supplement)

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