What burns to keep a secret? Sealing wax.
Plant the setting sun, and what will come up? The morning glory.
Why is a dog with a lame leg like a boy ciphering? He puts down three and carries one.
Why are eyes like stage-horses? They are always under the lash.
What is the brightest idea of the day? Your eye, dear.
Why are ladies bathing like a Yankee drink? They are 'lasses in water.
Of what color is grass under snow? Invisible green.
What is the hardest conundrum? Life, because we all have to give it up.
What is that which is often given you, which you never have, yet which you often give up? A conundrum.
What kin is that child to his own father who is not his own father's son? His daughter.