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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.

My first denotes equality, my second, inferior, and my whole, superiority. Ans.-Match-less. My first is a pronoun, my second is used at weddings, and my whole is an inhabitant of the deep. Ans.-Her-ring.

My first is a preposition, my second is a tree, my third is a female's name, and my whole is a lodging for the sick. Ans. -In-fir-Mary. Without my first my second could never have existed, and my whole is as old as creation. Ans. -Sun-day.

My first is used in driving, my second is needy, my third is a nickname and my whole is a bird. Ans. -Whip-poor-Will.

My first is a vehicle, my second is a preposition, and my whole is a ship. Ans.-Cab-in.

My first I hope you are, my second I see you are, my whole I know you are. Ans. Wel-come.

My first makes company, my second shuns company, my third assembles company, my whole puzzles company? Ans. -Co-nun-drums. My first of anything is half, my second is complete, and so remains until once more my first and second meet? Ans. -Semi-circle. My first brings joy to all around; My second may bring sorrow; My whole but once a year is found, And may be yours to-morrow.

My first is but a name; My second is more small; My whole is of so little fame, It has no name at all.

Ans.-Birth-day.

Ans. Nameless.

Legs I have, but seldom walk; I backbite all, yet never talk.

Ans. A flea.

Say, which is the handsomest of all the trees That ever braved the cruel wintry breeze; Which ever lovely to our eyes appears, And knows no change through all the rolling years?

When this tree's name you shall have fairly guessed, Say, which appears to you the ugliest?

And this, I think, you'll easily explain, Because the answer is so very plain.

When these are known, I pray you name the one, Of all the autumn trees most meddlesome; Which sets all classes blindly by the ears, However friendly to them it appears.

Next tell me which defies old ocean's flood, And by whose might its leaves are best withstood?

Inform me next which tree will bid you rove?

Which live? and which all modern maidens love?

Ans. The yew (you), the plane (plain) tree, the medlar, the beech (beach) the O-range; the O-live; the tea tree.

My first makes all nature appear with one face; My second has music, and beauty, and grace; My whole, when the winter hangs chill o'er the earth, Is the source of much pleasure, mischief and mirth.

Ans.-Snow-ball.

I am the first, and one of seven, I live betwixt the seas and heaven; Look not below, for I am not there, My home is in the ancient air, Come to my second, behold how fair I am, how bright and how debonair; A pleasant vision and a beauty, A thing of life and joy and duty; My youth is changed-I live alone, My views are crossed-my hopes are gone; My whole is sorrow, grief and woe, My singing now is all heigh ho.

Ans.-A-lass (alas).

My first is French, my second English, and my whole is Latin. Ans.- La-tin.

I'm a singular creature, pray tell me my name.

I partake of my countrymen's glory and fame; I daily am old, and I daily am new, I am praised, I am blamed, I am false, I am true; I'm the talk of the nation while I'm in my prime, But forgotten when once I've outlasted my time.

In the morning no Miss is more courted than I, In the evening you see me thrown carelessly by.

Take warning ye fair-I, lize you, have my day; But alas! you, like me, must grow old and decay.

Ans. A newspaper.

In marble halls as white as milk, Lined with a skin as soft as silk, Within a fountain crystal clear, A golden apple does appear; No doors there are in this stronghold, Yet thieves break in and steal the gold.

Ans.-Yolk of an egg.

I tremble with each breath of air, And yet can heaviest burdens bear; 'Tis known that I destroyed the world, And all things in confusion hurled; And yet I do preserve all in it Through each revolving hour and minute.

I daily breathe, say what you will, And yet I have no life; I kindle feuds, but never kill, Nor cause the smallest strife.

Ans. Water.

Ans. A bellows.

In spring I look gay, dressed in handsome array, But in summer more clothing I wear; When colder it grows I throw off my clothes, And in winter quite naked appear.

Ans. A Tree.

My number, definite and known, Is ten times ten, told ten times o'er; One-half of me is one alone, The other exceeds all count and score.

Ans. Thou-sand.

I am often found in loss, but not in gain, If you search there 'twill be in vain; I am found in honor, but not in day, What I am perhaps you now can say.

Ans. The letter O.

Why does a man named Hill, riding a bicycle, have the advantage over a high hill by the roadside? Ans. - Because the road runs over the foot of the hill and it cannot move on, while he can seat a hill on his bicycle and with the foot wheel off the brow of the hill.

There's a word composed of three letters alone, Which reads backwards and forwards the same ; It expresses the sentiment warm from the heart, And to beauty lays principal claim.

I have but one eye, and that eye without sight, Yet it helps me whatever I do; Ans.-Eye.

I'm sharp without wit, without senses I'm bright, The fortune of some, and of some the delight, And I doubt not I'm useful to you.

I should be sharp if I am used, If dull, I'm cast aside; By boys and girls I'm much abused, And yet I am their pride.

A part of me is made of wood, And part in earth is found, And both together firmly glued, Are sent the whole world round.

Ans. A needle.

Ans.-Lead pencil.