20 AS A MAN LIVES, SO SHALL HE DIE; 48. ANAGRAMS are formed by the transposition of the letters of words or sentences, or names of persons, so as to produce a word, sentence, or verse, of pertinent or of widely different meaning. They are very difficult to discover, but are exceedingly striking when good. The following are some of the most remarkable: 49. CONUNDRUMS.-These are simple catches, in which the sense is playfully cheated, and are generally founded upon words capable of double meaning. The following are amples : ex Where did Charles the First's executioner dine, and what did he take? He took a chop at the King's Head. 50. THE CHARADE is a poetical or other composition founded upon a word, cach syllable of which constitutes a noun, and the whole of which word constitutes another noun of a somewhat different meaning from those supplied by its separate syllables. Words which fully answer these conditions are the best for the purposes of charades; though many other words are ployed. In writing, the first syllable is termed " My first," the second syllable, My second," and the complete word, My whole." The following is an example of a Poetical Charade: 66 The breath of the morning is sweet; The earth is bespangled with flowers; em Have ope'd at the touch of the showers. When is a plant to be dreaded more than a 'Tis a sound which my second explains, mad dog? When it's madder. What is majesty stripped of its externals? It is a jest. [The m and the y, externals, are taken away.] Why is hot bread like a caterpillar ? Because it's the grub that makes the butter fly. Why did the accession of Victoria throw a greater damp over England than the death of King William ? Because the King was missed (mist) while the Queen was reigning (raining). Why should a gouty man make his will? And it comes from a sacred abode, bride So beautiful, spotless, and pure! When she weareth my second, oh, long may it be Ere her heart shall a sorrow endure. See the glittering gem that shines forth from her hair "Tis my whole, which a good father gave; 'Twas worn by her mother with honour be fore But she sleepeth in peace in her grave. AS A TREE FALLS, SO IT SHALL LIE. 'Twas her earnest request, as she bade them adieu, 21 53. Words which may be converted into Acting or Written That when her dear daughter the altar drew Charades : Arch-angel Care-ful Car-pet Car-rot Cart-ridge Arm-let Ass-ail Bar-bed Fir-kin Chair-man Flood-gate Flag-rant Flip-pant Bail-able Bale-ful 51. THE ANSWER is Ear-ring. The bells ring, the sound steals upon the ear, and the bride wears an ear-ring. Charades may be sentimental or humorous, in poetry or prose; they may also be acted, in which manner they afford considerable amusement. 52. ACTED CHARADES.-A drawing room with folded doors is the best for the purpose. Various household appliances are employed to fit up something like a stage, and to supply the fitting Band-age scenes. Characters dressed in costumes made up of handkerchiefs, coats, shawls, table-covers, &c., come on and perform an extempore play, founded upon the parts of a word, and its whole, as indicated above. For instance, the events explained in the poem above might be acted-glasses might be rung for bells-something might be said in the course of the dialogues about the sound of the bells being delightful to the ear; there might be a dance of the villagers, in which a ring might be formed; a wedding might be performed; and so on. Though for acting Charades there are many better words, because Ear-ring could with difficulty be represented without at once betraying Brace-let the meaning. There is a little work Brain-less entitled "Family Pastime," and another work, "Philosophy and Mirth united by Pen and Pencil," also "Merry Brick-bat Evenings for Merry People; or, Drawing Brick-dust Room Charades,' ,"* which supply a large number of these Charades. But the Bride-cake following is the only complete list of words ever published upon which Broad-cloth Beard-less Boat-man Boot-jack Book-worm Bound-less Cur-tail God-father God-mother God-daughter God-son Break-fast Don-key 14 THE HYPOCRITE WILL FAST TO SEEM MORE HOLY; pippin, golden pippin, golden russet, Kentish pippin, nonpareil, winter pearmain. Pears: Bergamot d'Hollande, Bon Chrétien, Charmontel, Colmar, winter beurré. Grapes: English and foreign. Chestnuts, medlars, nuts, oranges, walnuts. 33. FEBRUARY. i. FISH.-Barbel, brill, carp, cockles, cod, crabs, cray-fish, dabbs, dace, ecls, flounders, haddocks, herrings, lampreys, ling, lobsters, mussels, oysters, perch, pike, plaice, prawns, salmon, shrimps, skate, smelts, soles, sturgeon, tench, thornback, turbot, whiting. ii. MEAT.-Beef, house-lamb, mutton, pork, veal. iii. POULTRY AND GAME.-Capons, chickens, ducklings, fowl (wild), green geese, hares, partridges, pheasants, pigeons (tame and wild), pullets with egg, rabbits (tame), snipes, turkeys, turkey poults, woodcocks. iii. POULTRY AND GAME.-Capons, chickens, ducklings, fowls, green geese, grouse, leverets, moor-game, pigeons, rabbits, snipes, turkeys, woodcocks. iv. VEGETABLES.-Artichokes (Jerusalem), beet, brocoli (white and purple), brussels sprouts, cabbage, cardoons, carrots, celery, chervil, colewort, cresses, endive, garlic, herbs (dry), kale (sea and Scotch), lettuces, mint, mushrooms, mustard, onions, parsley, parsnips, potatoes, rape, rosemary, sage, savoy, shalots, sorrel, spinach, tarragon, thyme, turnips, turnip-tops. V. FORCED VEGETABLES. Asparagus, beans, cucumbers, and rhubarb. 35. APRIL. iv. VEGETABLES.-Beet, brocoli (white and purple), burnet, cabbage, cardoons, carrots, celery, chervil, colewort, cresses, i. FISH.-Brill, carp, chub, cockles, endive, garlic, dry herbs, leeks, lettuces, cod, conger-eels, crabs, dabbs, dory, eels, mint, mustard, mushrooms, onions, pars- flounders, halibut, herrings, ling, lobnips, parsley, potatoes, radish, rape, sters, mackarel, mullets, mussels, oysrosemary, sage,.salsify, savoy, scorzo-ters, perch, pike, prawns, plaice, salmon, nera, shalots, skirrets, sorrel, spinach, sprouts, tarragon, thyme, turnips, winter savoury. V. FORCED VEGETABLES.-Asparagus, cucumbers, Jerusalem artichokes. vi. FRUIT.-Apples: French pippin, golden pippin, golden russet, Holland pippin, Kentish pippin, nonpareil, Wheeler's russet, winter pearmain. Chestnuts, oranges. Pears: Bergamot, de Pasque, winter Bon Chrétien, winter Russelet. 34. MARCH. i. FISH.-Brill, carp, cockles, cod, conger-eels, crabs, dabbs, dory, eels, flounders, ling, lobsters, mackarel, mullets, mussels, oysters, perch, pike, plaice, prawns, salmon, salmon-trout, shrimps, skate, smelts, soles, sturgeon, turbot, tench, and whiting. ii. MEAT.-Beef, house-lamb, ton, pork, veal. shrimps, skate, smelts, soles, sturgeon, tench, trout, turbot, whitings. ii. MEAT.-Beef, grass-lamb, houselamb, mutton, pork, veal. iii. POULTRY AND GAME.-Chickens, ducklings, fowls, green geese, leverets, pigeons, pullets, rabbits, turkey poults, wood-pigeons. iv. VEGETABLES. Asparagus, brocoli, chervil, colewort, cucumbers, endive, fennel, herbs of all sorts, lettuce, onions, parsley, parsnips, peas, purslane, radishes, sea-kale, sorrel, spinach, small salad, tarragon, turnip-radishes, turniptops, and rhubarb. V. FRUIT. Apples: Golden russet, John apple, nonpareil, Wheeler's russet. Nuts, oranges. Pears: Bergamot, Bon Chrétien, Bugi, Carmelite, francreal, St. Martial. A few strawberries, walmut-nuts. Forced: Apricots, cherries, strawberries. |