[123] Cf. West Highlands (Campbell), II, 420:
Red below, black in the middle, white above.
—Fire, griddle and oatcake.
[124] Cf. Irish Folk-lore Riddles: 75:
Gaelic: As white as flour, and it is not flour; as green as grass and
it is not grass, as red as blood and it is not blood; as black as ink
and it is not ink.
—Blackberries.
[125] Cf. Booke of Merry Riddles (Halliwell):
IV. What is that that is rough within and red without
And bristled like a hare’s snout;
There is never a lady on the land
But will be content to take it in her hand.
—Eglantine.
[126] Cf. Harris, Nights, 75.
[127] Cf. Holme riddles: