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  2. Christmas Puzzles and Jekes.

    The following curious peace anagrams are appropriate in these times of disturbance. Each set of words between inverted commas contains exactly, the same ...

    Article : 72 words
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  4. Christmas Cookery.

    When preparing a turkey, fill the crop with sausage [?]eat, and make a veal forcemeat for the inside. Skewer two or three slices of bacon over the breast ...

    Article : 79 words
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  6. ROAST GOOSE.

    Roast goose is emphatically the bird for Christmas. The savoury stuffing for the roast goose is prepared from the following proportion of ingredients ...

    Article : 188 words
  7. MISSING WORD PUZZLE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 64 words
  8. THE FARMER'S PUZZLE.

    A farmer gives his man £160 to buy 160 animals, which must he cows at £5 each, sheep at £1, and geese at 1s. How many of each sort can he buy ? ...

    Article : 44 words
  9. CHRISTMAS NOUGAT.

    Blanch and dry half a pound,of sweet almonds, split them and cut into flat slices; then lay in a shallow baking tin and put in the oven, stirring now ...

    Article : 107 words
  10. VERY HIGH FALUTIN.-

    Here is a famous nursery rhyme rendered in high falutin language. Do you Know it ? Not great in stature or in arms ...

    Article : 102 words
  11. HOW LONG DID IT TARE ?

    A monkey climbing up a greased pole ascends 3 feet and slips down 2 feet, in alternate seconds, till he reaches the top, If the polo is 60 feet high, how long does ...

    Article : 65 words
  12. BREAD SAUCE FOR ROAST BIRDS.

    Boil In a pint of water a thick slice of bread, a minced onion, and some white peppercorns. When the onion is tender, pick out the peppercorns and rub the ...

    Article : 79 words
  13. SIMPLE, YET PUZZLING.

    My first a simple verb, or hall a verb, may be; Almost the same my next, or half the same, you see. ...

    Article : 74 words
  14. CHRISTMAS PUDDING.

    Chop the suet finely and mix with it In a large basin the breadcrumbs, the grated rind of the lemons, and add the brown sugar, the grated nutmeg, and the ...

    Article : 105 words
  15. SIX SUNKEN ISLANDS.

    He set down, the answer to that, sum at random. By bold policy Prussia became a leading Power. ...

    Article : 96 words
  16. ORANGE TRIFLE.

    Four sponge cakes (penny ones)", four nice dranges, one pint of milk, two table-spoonfuls of sugar (castor), tour eggs, a few drons of orange flavouring. Cut ...

    Article : 174 words
  17. GEOGRAPHICAL QUESTIONS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 106 words
  18. SWEET SAUCE FOR PUDDINGS.

    One pint of new milk, the rind of a lemon, three yolks of eggs,, and a little sugar. Put milk into a pan with the rind of a lemon: let it come to the ...

    Article : 77 words
  19. GEOGRAPHICAL PUZZLE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 102 words
  20. MINCE PIES.

    Take a piece of puff paste, roll to the thickness of a pennypiece; butter the pans lightly, and line with the puff paste, place in the mince, meat made as ...

    Article : 91 words
  21. BEHEADED WORDS.

    1. I am a weapon, behead me, and I become a fruit, behead me again and I become part of the body 2.I am part of a chain, behead me ...

    Article : 82 words
  22. WALNUT CANDY:

    Put in a saucepan half a gill of water eight ounces of brown sugar, and a pinch of cream of tartar. When the sugar is quite dissolved bring the mixture to ...

    Article : 154 words
  23. A RICH MINCEMEAT.

    Chop finely one and a-halt pound of beef suet, two pounds of good apples, one and a-balf pound each of stoned raisins and washed and dried curants, one pound ...

    Article : 121 words
  24. A RIDDLE.

    I am the cheapest thing you own In usefulness I stand alone, None else Can do my task: The beggar needs me, and the queen ; ...

    Article : 56 words
  25. THE DUCK PROBLEM.

    There are two ducks in front of a duck, two ducks behind a duck, and one duck in the centre. How many ducks are there altogether ? ...

    Article : 50 words
  26. BLANKS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 54 words
  27. LETTER PUZZLE.

    Take the first letter of that which beats in a man's breast; add to it the first letter of that which a man hears with: add to that the second letter of ...

    Article : 73 words
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  29. CHRISTMAS CAKE.

    Take one pound ef flour one pound of butter, one dozen eggs, bne pound of sugar, one pound of currants, one pound of sultana raisins, one pound of mixed ...

    Article : 216 words
  30. TONGUE TWISTERS.

    Among, brief tongue twisters the follow Big are hard to beat: "The sun shines on the shop signs"; ''The sixth sick sheik's sixth ...

    Article : 43 words
  31. A DOG-LATIN JOKE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 113 words
  32. RATHER MIXED.

    Bill had a bill-board; Bill also had a board-bill. The board-bill bored Bill, so that he sold the bill-board to pay the board-bill. After Bill sold the ...

    Article : 41 words
  33. A CHARADE.

    A heedless man would break my first Far sooner than his arm. To men and boys for next athirst It offers good and harm. ...

    Article : 63 words
  34. Brief Mention.

    The smallest turkey is bred In Italy, but the British is the most tender and most expensive. There are several plantations in ...

    Article : 923 words
  35. Christmas Don'ts.

    Don't stir up sad recollections. Don't make first attempts at carving your turkey before guests. Don't invite more people than you can ...

    Article : 707 words
  36. SUGAR ICING.

    To make Christmas icing, four beaten whites of eggs are required, and into these should he whisked very gradually a pound of sifted icing sugar. The ...

    Article : 69 words
  37. A TRAGIC CALENDAR.

    Jan-et was quite ill one day,Feb-rile troubles came her ways Mar-tyr like, she lay in bed, Apr-oned nurses softly sped. ...

    Article : 86 words
  38. PERFECT NUMBERS.

    The following particulars about a very rare property of numbers will be new and interesting to most of our readers. The number 6 can only be divided ...

    Article : 112 words
  39. SHORTBREAD.

    Take three-quarters of a pound of flour, Six ounces of butter, six ounces of sugar, a quarter of a pound of orange peel, and & two ounces of almonds. Cut the orange ...

    Article : 123 words
  40. AGE FINDING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 170 words
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  42. DECAPITATION.

    I feel the touch of autumn winds And view my withered flow'rs With saddened heart that ever finds Deep gloom in fleeting hours ...

    Article : 100 words
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  44. ENIGMA.

    I may he sate when honest ways prevail, With no unworthy tricks or jobbery. Cut off my head and fix to my tail, And I become at once rank robbery ...

    Article : 38 words
  45. THE THREE RIDDLES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 137 words
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