—Limb falls, knocks lamb into the cow-dung.
202. If I had my pretty little caney, bigny-pigny could not kill
kum-painy.
—If I had my revolver, the wild hog could not kill my dog.
203. I was going out and I saw some pigs, and if I had my hansom-cansom
I would carry home some bigny-pigny.
—If I had my gun, I would carry home some pigs.
204. I send for my man Richard to bring me tomery-flemery-doctory to
mortify unicle-cornicle-current out of my pinkicle-pankicle-present.
[132]
—To bring my three dogs to drive three pigs out of the garden.
205. There is a boat an’ in that boat a lady sat, an’ if I should tell
you the name of that lady I should be blamed, for I’ve told you the
riddle twice. [133]
—The lady’s name was Anne.
206. I was going up to Hampton lane (a local name); I met a man, an’
drew off his hat an’ drew off his glove, an’ he gave me his love. Take
him an’ call him; his name is twice mention as this riddle begun. [134]
—His name is Andrew.
a) As I was going up to St. Andrew’s church, I met St. Andrew’s
scholar. St. Andrew’s scholar drew off his hat an’ drew off his gloves:
tell me the name of the scholar.
b) I was going up on Oxford street, I met an Oxford boy. He took out
his pen an’ drew his name; what was his name?
c) Once as I was crossing the Montego Bay bridge, I met a Montegonian
fellow. He took off his hat an’ drew off his glove; guess me his name;
I’ve mentioned it in this riddle.
207. I an’ my dog ben up the lane catching a buck an’ a doe. Whoever
tell me my dog’s name, there is my dog. [135]
—The dog’s name is Ben.
a) “Good morning, Mr. Ben; ben meke a meet. I come to borrow yo’ dog go
hunting. I don’ know his name.” “Take him an’ call him; his name is
twice mention as this riddle begun.”
208. Megs, Pegs an’ Margaret is my true lover; but it’s neither Megs,
Pegs nor Margaret.
—Anne is my lover.
209. Trick, track and trawndy,
Which was Trawndy Grawnby?
—Witch.
210. There are 4000 people to draw in one carriage; how can they do
that?
—Mr. & Mrs. Thousand and their two children.
211. Mr. Lets was walking and Mr. Lets was riding and Mr. Lets was
walking again. Can you tell me who the gentlemen were?
—Horse, master and dog, all named ’Lets’.
212. My father has a long bench in his house, an’ to guess me how many
people sit on that bench.
—One man named ‘More’. (The trick is, at each guess to say More.)