Why is a cyclone like a waiter? (It carries everything before it.) Over a thousand riddles, puzzles and parlor games from 1896 — with a riddle-a-day and cards to stump your friends.

Out of the Past

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Out of the Past

Here is an old English riddle called the "Bishop of Oxford's Riddle." 1. I have a trunk. Ans.-My body. 2. It has two lids. Ans.-Eye lids…

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