A Vintage Riddle

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What is the most awkward time for a train to start? 

12.50, as it’s ten to one if you catch it.

Rivers, conundrums, 1903

A Vintage Riddle

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My nose is long, my back is broad and round,

And in cold weather of great use I'm found;No load I carry, yet I puff and blow,As much as heavy loaded porters do.
What am I?(Picture Has Hint)

A Vintage Riddle

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What force and strength cannot get through

I with a gentle touch can do;And many in the streets would stand,Were I not, as friend, at hand.
What am I?(answer is in picture)

A Vintage Riddle

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The mother called in vain for her young son. Then she searched the ground floor, the first story, the second, and the attic—all in vain. Finally, she climbed to the trap door in the roof, pushed it open, and cried:

"John Henry, are you out there?"

An answer came clearly:

"No, mother. Have you looked in the cellar?"

A Vintage Riddle

Arrange 15 matches like this:

Remove 6, and what number will be left?

2oth Century Puzzle Book, 1919

A Vintage Riddle

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Two bodies have I,

Though both joined in oneThe stiller I stand,The faster I run.
What am I?(answer is in picture)The book of riddles, 1846