Tag: Brain Teaser

1. Whale mail
2. Brook nook
3. Knight fight
4. Spare pair
5. Copper stopper

 
 
 

12DC / The Twelve Days Of Christmas

12=DD = 12 drummers drumming
11=PP = 11 pipers piping
10=LL = 10 lords ‘a’ leapin’
9=LD = 9 ladies dancing
8=MM = 8 maids ‘a’ milkin’
7=SS = 7 swans ‘a’ swimmin’
6=GL = 6 geese ‘a’ layin’
5=GR = 5 golden rings
4=CB = 4 calling birds
3=FH = 3 french hens
2=TD = 2 turtle doves
1=PPT = partridge in a pear tree

 
 
 

They are anagrams of the four directions: WEST, EAST, SOUTH, and NORTH.

 
 
 

“brain teaser”

“My first”, “my second”, “my third”, etc. refer to the first, second, third, etc. letters of the word “brainteaser” as follows:

line 1: bra
line 2: rain
line 3: ain’t (nonstandard = “am not”, or “are not”, or “is not”)
line 4: in (preposition)
line 5: NT (Windows NT)
line 6: tea
line 7: ease
line 8: as (e.g. “It’s as light as a feather.”)
line 9: se (of “per se”, from Latin per sē meaning “by itself”)
line 10: er (interjection)