From: mark@cheers.jsc.nasa.gov (Mark Manning)
Subject: Riddle me this....
Organization: Simulacron I
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 14:29:01 GMT

Here are some riddles which didn't make it into the Net.Book.Riddles
before I posted it.  I'm posting just the riddles.  Send me e-mail
to guess as I can only get on about once a week.  Be sure to send
three guesses along with your request for the answers.  It's more
fun that way!  :)
Item #1:

A Riddle
by Catherine M. Fanshawe

	'Twas whispered in Heaven, 'twas muttered in hell,
And echo caught faintly the sound as it fell;
On the confines of earth 'twas permitted to rest,
And in the depths of the ocean its presence confes'd;
'Twill be found in the sphere when 'tis riven asunder,
Be seen in the lightning and heard in the thunder;
'Twas allotted to man with his earliest breath,
Attends him at birth and awaits him at death,
Presides o'er his happiness, honor and health,
Is the prop of his house, and the end of his wealth.
In the heaps of the miser 'tis hoarded with care,
But is sure to be lost on his prodigal heir;
It begins every hope, every wish it must bound,
With the husbandman toils, and with monarchs is crowned;
Without it the soldier and seaman may roam,
But woe to the wretch who expels it from home!
In the whispers of conscience its voice will be found,
Nor e'er in the whirlwind of passion be drowned;
'Twill soften the heart; but though deaf be the ear,
It will make him acutely and instantly hear.
Set in shade, let it rest like a delicate flower;
Ah!  Breathe on it softly, it dies in an hour

Item #2:

<Name removed because it gives it away>
by Jonathan Swift

We are little airy creatures,
All of different voice and features;
One of us in glass is set,
One of us you'll find in jet,
T'other you may see in tin,
And the fourth a box within;
If the fifth you should pursue,
It can never fly from you.

Item #3:

A Riddle
by Hannah More

I'm a strange contradiction; I'm new, and I'm old,
I'm often in tatters, and oft decked with gold.
Though I never could read, yet lettered I'm found;
Though blind, I enlighten; though loose, I am bound,
I'm always in black, and I'm always in white;
I'm grave and I'm gay, I am heavey and light-
In form too I differ - I'm thick and I'm thin,
I've no flesh and bones, yet I'm covered with skin;
I've more points than the compass, more stops than the flute;
I sing without voice, without speaking confute.
I'm English, I'm German, I'm French, and I'm Dutch;
Some love me too fondly, some slight me too much;
I often die soon, though I sometimes live ages,
And no monarch alive has so many pages.


Item #4:

As I went through the garden gap,
Who should I meet but Disk Red-cap!
A stick in his hand, a stone in his throat,
If you'll tell me this riddle, I'll give you a groat.

Item #5:

Arthur O'Bower has broken his band,
He comes roaring up the land --
The King of Scots, with all his power,
Cannot turn Arthur of the Bower!

Item #6:

Long legs, crooked thighs,
Little head, and no eyes.

Notes: Actually, this is a correction to a previously
posted riddle.

Item #7:

Flour of England, fruit of Spain,
Met together in a shower of rain;
Put in a bag tied round with a string,
If you'll tell me this riddle, I'll give you a ring.

Item #8:

Little Nancy Etticote,
In a white petticoat,
With a red nose;
The longer she stands
The shorter she grows.

Item #9:

I have a little sister, they call her Peep, Peep;
She wades the waters deep, deep, deep;
She climbs the mountains high, high, high;
Poor little creature she has but one eye.

Item #10:

As I was going to St. Ives,
I met a man with seven wives;
Every wife had seven sacks,
Every sack had seven cats,
Every cat has seven kits:
Kits, cats, sacks, and wives,
How many were there going to St. Ives?

Notes: This is a repost of a riddle in the Net.Book.Riddles
as found in the book: Children's Classics

More Notes:

	#4-#10 were all taken from the book "Children's Classics".
Book #10 (Poetry) printed so long ago I blush to think of
it.  At any rate - all of the books in the set are very
very good and if you have kids I'd recommend you attempting
to get a set.  But they may no longer be in print. :(
The books contain many of the classical tales (A Thousand
and One Nights, Jack and the Bean Stalk, Treasure Hunts,
and many other things to numerous to post) and have given
me numerous ideas for RPG games.  Later on everyone!  Enjoy
the riddles!

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