Tuesday, September 29 · Witch Riddles
I am orange, I am round, and on Halloween night I get a face carved into me and a candle put inside. What am I?
Hint
I grow in a patch in autumn.
Answer
A pumpkin (a jack-o’-lantern)
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I write with ease on a board’s slate, erasing marks with a teacher’s fate. My sponge cleans the lesson’s trace, what am I, in place?
AnswerChalkboard Eraser
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