NEW RIDDLES

Why is a nail, fast in the wall, like an old man?

I am a word of three syllables, each of which is a word; my first is an article in common use; my second, an animal of uncommon intelligence; my third, though not an animal, is used in carrying burdens. My whole is a useful art. What am I?

My first is a part of the day,

My last a conductor of light,

My whole to take measure of time,

Is useful by day and by night.

What am I?

A hundred stones are placed, in a straight line, a yard distant from each other. How many yards must a person walk, who undertakes to pick them up, and place them in a basket stationed one yard from the first stone?

The head of a whale is six feet long; his tail is as long as his head and half his body, and his body is half of his whole length. How long is the whale?

In camps about the centre I appear;

In smiling meadows seen throughout the year;

The silent angler views me in the streams,

And all must trace me in their morning dreams,

First in the mob conspicuous I stand,

Proud of the lead, and ever in command.

What am I?

Why is a parish bell like a good story?

Why is a man with wooden legs like one who has an even bargain?

 

What river in Bavaria answers the question, Who is there?

Why is an avaricious man like one with a short memory?