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Merry's Book of Puzzles

Chapter 36: A LATIN INJUNCTION.
By J. N. Stearns
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About This Book

A three-part compilation of riddles, charades, rebuses, pictorial puzzles and conundrums presented for children and young readers. Arranged as short challenges and illustrated teasers, the pieces mix wordplay, logic problems, simple arithmetic puzzles and playful questions that invite group play or solitary amusement. Brief introductions and occasional light commentary frame the items, which range from single-line riddles to multi-step brainteasers, all intended to entertain while sharpening observation, verbal wit and reasoning skills.

A LATIN INJUNCTION.

365. Me! men? Tom or I?

366.

I am composed of 12 letters:

My 3, 6, 11, 2 is a puss-animalous noise.

My 8, 1, 9, 5 can make one very comfortable at some seasons of the year.

My 4, 10, 12, 7 is a pronoun.

My whole is the name of a humorous writer.

367.

I am composed of 19 letters:

My 6, 7, 5 is an animal.

My 8, 19, 2 is a boy’s nickname.

My 13, 14, 5 is an eatable.

My 18, 1, 4, 9 is government.

My 15, 17, 11, 12 are very painful.

My 16, 10, 1, 3, 17, 4, 9, 2, 11 is ferocious.

My whole is what we all wish for.

368.

I am composed of 14 letters:

My 1, 5, 7, 14 is a companion.

My 4, 8 is an interjection.

My 10, 11, 13, 12, 2, 11, 3 is a scoundrel.

My 6, 11, 9 is in very common use in the kitchen.

My whole is a village on the Hudson.

369. My first is an article of clothing; my first and second combined form a trade; my third is a conjunction; my whole is the name of a cape.

370. What species of cat has more than one tail?

371. What species of cat is most to be avoided?

372. What kind of cat is most valued in Sunday-school?

373. Which of the cats does a young man show the most affection for?

374. With a hairy animal and an instrument for the hair, construct a burial-place.

375. I am composed of 19 letters: my 3, 7, 5—13, 8, 18, 12—15, 14, 10, 2—17, 11, 19, 5—1, 7, 17, 16, 7, 2—6, 2, 7, 18—4, 15, 11, 9, 18—and 4, 7, 8, 17, 18, 13 are birds; my whole is the name of a bird.