TWO RIDDLES

1. This riddle originally appeared in a publication called "London Society" in 1867.

    A six-letter word,

    A noxious drink,

    Of whose effects

    You shudder to think.

    Change one letter - - -  and then

    You convert me into a horrible den. 

 

2. Think of a relative considered old.  

    Now give me hands that cannot hold.

    Then give me a face that cannot see,

    And a heart that ticks - - - what can I be?

 

Answers:

 

1. POISON - PRISON

2. GRANDFATHER CLOCK