273.
273.
White as driven snow are we—Black as ink or ebony;Red and yellow, gray and blue,Golden, pink, and purple, too.Glittering like a spangled dress,Every color we possess;Few and many, large and small,Sometimes not beheld at all.Thick and thin, and high and low,Moving fast and moving slow;Fell destruction send we forth,East and west, and south and north.Fire and flame we fling aroundWith a fearful mighty sound;Vegetation soon would fadeDid we but withdraw our aid;Dearth and famine would prevail;Death would reign o’er hill and dale;Never two alike you’ll see—Puzzled reader, what are we?
White as driven snow are we—Black as ink or ebony;Red and yellow, gray and blue,Golden, pink, and purple, too.Glittering like a spangled dress,Every color we possess;Few and many, large and small,Sometimes not beheld at all.Thick and thin, and high and low,Moving fast and moving slow;Fell destruction send we forth,East and west, and south and north.Fire and flame we fling aroundWith a fearful mighty sound;Vegetation soon would fadeDid we but withdraw our aid;Dearth and famine would prevail;Death would reign o’er hill and dale;Never two alike you’ll see—Puzzled reader, what are we?
White as driven snow are we—
Black as ink or ebony;
Red and yellow, gray and blue,
Golden, pink, and purple, too.
Glittering like a spangled dress,
Every color we possess;
Few and many, large and small,
Sometimes not beheld at all.
Thick and thin, and high and low,
Moving fast and moving slow;
Fell destruction send we forth,
East and west, and south and north.
Fire and flame we fling around
With a fearful mighty sound;
Vegetation soon would fade
Did we but withdraw our aid;
Dearth and famine would prevail;
Death would reign o’er hill and dale;
Never two alike you’ll see—
Puzzled reader, what are we?
274. Add a letter to an animal, and make a building.
275. Transpose a tree into a boy’s nickname.
276. Transpose an animal into a famous battle.
277. Transpose a tree into a verb.
278. Transpose an insect into part of a book.
279. Transpose a game of cards into a dress.
280.
I am composed of 11 letters:My 1, 4, 5, 2, 8, 9 is a Scripture name with which we are all familiar.My 3, 7, 5, 6 is an article of food.My 8, 10, 11 is a nickname.My whole is a Scripture name.
I am composed of 11 letters:My 1, 4, 5, 2, 8, 9 is a Scripture name with which we are all familiar.My 3, 7, 5, 6 is an article of food.My 8, 10, 11 is a nickname.My whole is a Scripture name.
I am composed of 11 letters:
My 1, 4, 5, 2, 8, 9 is a Scripture name with which we are all familiar.
My 3, 7, 5, 6 is an article of food.
My 8, 10, 11 is a nickname.
My whole is a Scripture name.
snow shoes
281. Why is a man in snow shoes like a man barefooted?
282. How is it that a man with long legs can not travel faster than one with short legs?
283.
I’m worn by many a lady fair,In ironing I need much care;Behead, and I’m a purling stream,Where many a poet loves to dream!Behead again, oh! mortal frail,And I will cause thy cheek to pale.
I’m worn by many a lady fair,In ironing I need much care;Behead, and I’m a purling stream,Where many a poet loves to dream!Behead again, oh! mortal frail,And I will cause thy cheek to pale.
I’m worn by many a lady fair,
In ironing I need much care;
Behead, and I’m a purling stream,
Where many a poet loves to dream!
Behead again, oh! mortal frail,
And I will cause thy cheek to pale.
284. If you a journey ever take,No matter when or where,My first you’ll always have to pay,Before you can get there.My second you will seldom see,If London through you go;But still ’tis what I hope you are;Few better things I know.I say my whole till next we meet,When well-known names I hope to greet.
284. If you a journey ever take,No matter when or where,My first you’ll always have to pay,Before you can get there.My second you will seldom see,If London through you go;But still ’tis what I hope you are;Few better things I know.I say my whole till next we meet,When well-known names I hope to greet.
284. If you a journey ever take,
No matter when or where,
My first you’ll always have to pay,
Before you can get there.
My second you will seldom see,
If London through you go;
But still ’tis what I hope you are;
Few better things I know.
I say my whole till next we meet,
When well-known names I hope to greet.
285.
I am composed of 9 letters:My 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 has done more damage than my 6, 7, 8, 9.My whole is, at present, deplorable.
I am composed of 9 letters:My 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 has done more damage than my 6, 7, 8, 9.My whole is, at present, deplorable.
I am composed of 9 letters:
My 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 has done more damage than my 6, 7, 8, 9.
My whole is, at present, deplorable.