1924 Gallaher The Reason Why

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1924 Gallaher The Reason Why

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												1												A clock has IIII for IV
												2												Yeomen of the guard are called beef-eaters
												3												Some fountains have a lion's head
												4												Every British mercantile ship has a plimsoil mark
												5												We shake hands
												6												We have lines in our hands
												7												People do not walk under ladders
												8												Some shops display royal arms
												9												A Vaccum flask keeps liquids hot
												10												A silver soin has a milled edge
												11												Some cows carry a plank about
												12												A hard felt hat is called a bowler
												13												Why women wear wedding rings
												14												Steamer funnels have bands round
												15												A cage of white mice is carried in a submarine
												16												A horse wears blinkers
												17												Pails of sand hang in some buildings
												18												An archway hangs in stations
												19												An incandescent light has a regulator
												20												Wheels have curved spokes
												21												Sailors wear baggy pants
												22												We see the words "Ancient Lights'
												23												A cone is hoisted on the coasts
												24												Belfry windows have slanting boards
												25												Moths fly against a candle flame
												26												Lightning strikes some objects and not others
												27												There are three flags in the Union Jack
												28												Some garden rollers are in two parts
												29												A fuse is necessary
												30												An American flag has stars and stripes
												31												Geysers occur in certain parts of the World
												32												Railway wheels are tapped
												33												An electric lamp glows
												34												Water troughs are placed between railway lines
												35												A coal mine has an anemometer
												36												We have a best man at a wedding
												37												We get the different seasons
												38												An anthracite stove has mica in front
												39												White knobs are attched to telegraph poles
												40												A submarine cable is very thick
												41												An Electric bell rings when we touch a button
												42												A waterspout occurs
												43												Some chimneys are covered with gauze
												44												A rainbow is round
												45												A red triangle appears on roadsides
												46												We know the Earth is round
												47												Pipes burst during frosty weather
												48												Some railway walls have recesses
												49												White marks appear on finger nails
												50												A beard is worn
												51												A tailor sits corss-legged
												52												A miner's lamp cannot set fire to gas
												53												A chemist's shop shows coloured bottles
												54												A navel officer wears epaulettes
												55												A plane has a button
												56												Some idols have many heads
												57												A ship has figures on its bow
												58												A sailor's collar have three white lines
												59												Rantgen rays are called x-rays
												60												Large saws have a notch in the top
												61												A datum line is seen
												62												The royal Welsh Fusiliers wear a flash
												63												A canal has locks
												64												Some canal bridges have wooden rollers
												65												A safe has thick walls
												66												Some lawyers wear a wig and gown
												67												A flag flies half-mast
												68												Sections of railway lines are not laid together
												69												Railway engines carry lights in front
												70												A golf ball in uneven
												71												A pig has a ring in its nose
												72												A coin works an automatic machine
												73												Pancakes are eaten on Shrove Tuesday
												74												Some railway signal arms are forked
												75												The Scotch wear tartans
												76												Special railway carriages are required for carrying bananas
												77												Sirlion is so named
												78												Ship's sails are often perforated
												79												Telegraph wires do not run parallel
												80												A Tailor's thimble has no top
												81												There are always twelve on a jury
												82												An eclipse occurs
												83												A mooring rope has a tin disc
												84												We have cenotaphs
												85												A figure head was carved on old war vessels
												86												Some locomotives have white discs
												87												A grenadier wears a bearskin
												88												An army or navy eating place is called a "mess"
												89												An iron ship floats
												90												Purple is worn at royal functions
												91												Pawnbrokers have the three-ball sign
												92												Some telegraphs have netting
												93												We call an Englishman "John Bull"
												94												Policemen are called "Bobbies"
												95												A soldier is called "Tommy Atkins"
												96												A gun barrel is "rifled"
												97												A motor tyre valve does not allow air to escape
												98												The red cross is used
												99												The Gloucentershire Regiment wear two cap badges
												100												Valves and crystals are used in wireless