50 HOME AMUSEMENTS.

RIDDLE LX.

MY head and tail both equal are,

My middle slender as a bee;
Whether I stand on head or heel,
*Tis all the same to you or me.

But if my head should be cut off,
The matter’s true although ’tis strange,
My head and body sever’d thus,
Immediately to nothing change,

 

RIDDLE LXI.
HAT word is that, which, though consisting of
four syllables, is properly spelt in two letters
only; and, though openly seen, is still invisible?

 

RIDDLE LXII.

I are a couple, sharp and bright,
And yet when far asunder,
We never aided mortal wight,
Which may excite your wonder.