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.

Riddles

3 pieces in this part of Conundrums.

Riddles (My first is a game my second)

My first is a game, my second is what we use our eyes for, my whole is a State of America. Ans. -Tennes-see.

Riddles (What is it that hands have)

1. What is it, that hands have they yet they steal not. Ans.-Clocks. 2. Legs have they yet they walk not. Ans. -Tables. 3. Teeth have they…

Riddles (My first is made in the dairy)

My first is made in the dairy but is seldom served in my second ? Ans.- Butter-cup.

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