A collection of enigmas, charades, conundrums, &c, 1792 and later

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Title: A collection of enigmas, charades, conundrums, &c, 1792 and later
Creator: Peach, Miss
Abstract: Manuscript, in two hands, of a collection of about 100 word puzzles and riddles, many in verse. The word "fortune," for example, is represented by the following rhyme: "My first is a Preposition/My second a Composition/And the whole an Acquisition." The volume also includes "An Enigmatical Bill of Fare" in which the first course is "Melancholy Soup with crooked Sarah" and a two-page list of "Transpositions" which include entries such as "No tear from I" and "I eat Mint."
Description: In English.
Answers to the manuscript's riddles and puzzles appear at the end of the manuscript.
Written on front cover: "Miss Peach."
Binding: full parchment.
Provenance: For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator.
Extent: 1 21 x 17 cm. v. (74 p.) ;
Language: English

Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Name): Peach, Miss.
Subject (Topic): Charades
English literature
English poetry
Puzzles
Riddles
Women authors
Word games
Subjects: Peach, Miss
Charades
English literature > 18th century
English poetry > 18th century
Puzzles
Riddles
Women authors
Word games

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Citation: Miss Peach, A Collection of Enigmas, Charades, Conundrums. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.