Riddles
What coat is always a perfect fit? —A coat of paint. What letter of the alphabet goes right round New Zealand?—C (sea). Why did the willow weep? Because it saw the waterfall. Why did the cart-wheel?—Because the wheel-spoke. W'hen is a school-master like a man with one eye?—When he has a vacancy for a pupil. Can ABC?—Yes, a bee can see. What is the heaviest word in the dictionary?—Stone, because there is a ton between the first and last letter. • • • • Why is the letter A never ill? Because it’s always in health. What is that which is never seen, felt nor heard and yet has a name?’ —Nothing.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21176, 27 July 1940, Page 14 (Supplement)
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109Riddles Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21176, 27 July 1940, Page 14 (Supplement)
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