Riddle me riddle
Guess me this riddle
And perhaps not!
1. My father have a thing in his yard; nobody can ride him but little
Johnny.
—Grass-quit riding a grass-stalk.
2. My father have a thing in his yard and never ride him till him back
break.
—House-roof; a man sits astride it to mend the thatch.
3. My father have a little pony in him yard and there’s only one man,
little Johnny, can ride it. Johnny ride with a pair of white reins and
he go over a bridge. [75]
—Needle is the pony, thread the reins, the crooked finger is the
bridge, and the thimble is Johnny.
4. My father has a horse in his yard; it jump an’ jump, an’ de rein get
shorter an’ shorter.
—Needle and thread.
5. My father have a grey horse in him yard, ride him nowhere but on him
tail. [76]
—Pipe.
a) My father saddle his horse at his head an ride him at his tail.
6. My father have a horse in his yard; you can’t ride him or he buck
into you.
—Steel-yard.