[95] Cf. Holme riddles:
12. In thickest woods j hunt whith eagles 10 after the chase which when
(?) j doe descry j dispossesse me of not usefull then & what j take not
only that keep j.
—A man scratching his head with both his hands.
[96] Cf. Irish Folk-Lore Riddles, 67:
Riddle me, riddle me, Randy Row,
My father gave me some seed to sow;
The seeds were black, the ground was white,
Riddle me that against Saturday night.
Porto Rican (Mason and Espinosa):
151. Sábana blanca está tendida, semilla negra se va por encima, tres
que la riegan y dos que la miran.
Catalán (and see note):
XXV. Lo camp es blanch,
la llavó es negra,
cinch son los bous
que menan la rella.
[97] Cf. No. 97, p. 194.
[98] Cf. Nursery Rhymes of England (Halliwell):
CLIV. When I went up sandy-hill,
I met a sandy boy;
I cut his throat, I sucked his blood,
And left his skin a hanging-o.
Welsh-Gypsy Folk-riddles:
24. I was going over a bridge; I saw a yellow man. I lifted him up.
I drank his blood, and I threw him down.
Lincolnshire riddles (Notes and Queries 3rd series, VIII):
As I was going over London Brig,
I spies a little red thing;
I pick it up, I suck it blood,
And leaves it skin to dry.
Canadian; Ontario:
As I went over London bridge, I met my sister Mary; I cut off her head
and drank her blood and left her body standing.
—Whiskey in a bottle.
[99] Cf. Booke of Merry Riddles (Halliwell):
IX. What is that, that hath a beard of flesh, a mouth of horn, and feet
like a griffon?
Popular Rhymes of Scotland (Chambers):
Page 109. Mouth o’ horn, and beard o’ leather;
Ye’ll no guess that though ye were hanged in a tether.
Catalan:
Page 217. Hi ha un home que porta un vestit fet de pedassos, du la
barba de carn y de la cara d’os.
[100] Tremearne, 58: