Cut an apple open and pick out seeds from core.
If only two seeds are found, they portend early marriage;
three, legacy; four, great wealth; five, a sea voyage;
six, great fame as orator or singer; seven, possession
of any gift most desired.
Each person floats greased needle in basin of water.
Impelled by attraction of gravitation, needles will
act very curiously; some cling together, others rush
to margin and remain. The manner in which one
person’s needle behaves towards another’s
causes amusement, and is supposed to be suggestive
and prophetic.
Throw a ball of yarn out of window but hold fast to
one end and begin to wind. As you wind say, “I
wind, who holds?” over and over again; before
end of yarn is reached, face of future partner will
appear in window, or name of sweetheart will be whispered
in ear.
Few children think they will ever tire of playing
games; but all the same, towards the end of a long
evening, spent merrily in dancing and playing, the
little ones begin to get too weary to play any longer,
and it is very difficult to keep them amused.
Then comes the time for riddles! The children
may sit quietly around the room, resting after their
romps and laughter, and yet be kept thoroughly interested,
trying to guess riddles.
It is, however, very difficult to remember a number
of good and laughable ones, so we will give a list
of some, which will be quite sufficient to puzzle
a roomful of little folks for several hours.
Why are weary people like carriage-wheels?—Answer:
Because they are tired.
An old woman in a red cloak was passing a field in
which a goat was feeding. What strange transformation
suddenly took place?—Answer: The goat
turned to butter (butt her), and the woman into a scarlet
runner.
Why does a duck go into the water?—Answer:
For divers reasons.
Spell “blind pig” in two letters?
P G; a pig without an I.
Which bird can lift the heaviest weights?—The
crane.
Why is a wise man like a pin?—He has a
head and comes to a point.
Why is a Jew in a fever like a diamond?—Because
he is a Jew-ill.
Why may carpenters reasonably believe there is no
such thing as stone?—Because they never
saw it.
What is that which is put on the table and cut, but
never eaten?—A pack of cards.
Why does a sculptor die horribly?—Because
he makes faces and busts.
When does a farmer double up a sheep without hurting
it?—When he folds it.
What lives upon its own substance and dies when it
has devoured itself?—A candle.
Why is a dog biting his tail a good manager?—Because
he makes both ends meet.
