May 29, 1997
Riddle Me This
Just4Fun- May 1997
Now, I don't know whether or not you read my last article [the one about nursery rhymes] but I came across something else I got a real kick out of. Riddles, no less.
Now I'm not talking about those knock-knock jokes that seem to go on and on and on. Or the chicken jokes. Or the elephant jokes. But real riddles.
It's said that as man advances through the ages, he becomes more intelligent and better educated. Right? So, it follows, doesn't it, that the riddles of 200 years ago should be a snap for us. Right? Wrong!! At least I wasn't able to make heads or tails of most of them, and I love puzzles. So, being such a nice gal, I decided to share a few with you. *grin And I'm even going to start with a simple one.
Riddle #1: In Spring I look gay,
Decked in comely array,
In Summer more clothing I wear;
When colder it grows,
I fling off my clothes,
And in Winter quite naked appear. Riddle #1 Answer
Riddle #2: Two brothers we are,
Great burdens we bear,
On which we are bitterly pressed;
The truth is to say,
We are full all the day,
And empty when we go to rest. Riddle #2 Answer
Riddle #3: Two bodies have I,
Though both joined in one.
The stiller I stand,
The Faster I run. Riddle #3 Answer
Riddle #4: As I was going to St. Ives,
I met a man with seven wives;
Each wife had seven sacks,
Each sack had seven cats,
Each cat had seven kits:
Kits, cats, sacks, and wives,
How many were there going to St. Ives? Riddle #4 Answer
Riddle #5: Clothed in yellow, red, and green,
I prate before the king and queen;
Of neither house nor land possessed,
By lords and knights I am caressed. Riddle #5 Answer
Riddle #6: Old Mother Twichett has but one eye,
And a long tail which she can let fly,
And every time she goes over a gap,
She leaves a bit of her tail in a trap. Riddle #6 Answer
- [UPDATED 6/11/97]
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