This is an ancient puzzle from an old book that I've never seen anywhere else. Can any of you puzzlers solve it?
If the B MT put:
If the B. putting:
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Sign up to join this communityThis is an ancient puzzle from an old book that I've never seen anywhere else. Can any of you puzzlers solve it?
If the B MT put:
If the B. putting:
If the grate be (great B) empty, put coal on (or maybe in?) (colon); if the grate be full stop putting coal in (on?).
:
is a "colon."
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– phoog
Jan 6 '16 at 21:51
Never put more : over a - der You'd be an * it
$\endgroup$ – phoog Jan 6 '16 at 22:11*
line is a much more recent innovation, but the puzzle dates back at least to 1864. Only one of the 1864 hits includes the third line about the- der
; the rest have only the two lines given here. But it may also be that the*
is original but was considered too course for publication in the 19th century. $\endgroup$ – phoog Jan 6 '16 at 22:27