Add Two To Eleven To Get One
When can you add two to eleven and get one as the correct answer?
When you add two hours to eleven o’clock to get one o’clock.
A Harvest Sown and Reaped
A harvest sown and reaped on the same day
In an unplowed field,
Which increases without growing,
Remains whole though it is eaten
Within and without,
Is useless and yet
The staple of nations.
A war.
Little Miss Eticote
Little Miss Eticote
In her white petticoat
And her red nose
The longer she stands
The shorter she grows
A candle.
Three Foot Ruler
Where can you find a three foot ruler?
At a yard sale. How did another joke riddle get in here?
All In White, A Fossil
All in white, a fossil,
fresh snow, a loan, the sky,
But just what am I?
A bride (something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue).
Many Feathers To Help Me Fly
I have many feathers to help me fly. I have a body and head but I’m not alive. Your strength determines how far I go. You can hold me in your hand, but I’m never thrown.
What am I?
An arrow.