I’m sharing another riddle from “Way Down Yonder on Troublesome Creek Appalachian Riddles & Rusties” by James Still.
“I went to the woods and I got it,
I brought it home in my hand
Because I couldn’t find it,
The more I looked for it the more I felt it,
And when I found it I threw it away.”
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The last riddle I shared was from “Way Down Yonder on Troublesome Creek Appalachian Riddles & Rusties” by James Still. It was a tough one. The answer is a candle.
“Its red eye blinks, the pale tears flow,
And what its sorrow none may know.”
Tipper
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It,s A briar or a thorn,
Could it be a spli ter.
Well, of course it’s a thorn/splinter, that makes perfect logic! I’ve been thinking about this all day and could not come up with it so this afternoon I went back to the comments to see if anyone got it…and there is was. You all are some smart folks!
Tipper,
I agree with Ed Ammons, it’s got to be a Splinter. I’ve had some experience with that, cause I burn wood and those blooming Splinters are really in a woodpile. Sometimes I forget to put on my gloves.
One morning before daylight (and I take blood pressure medicine and diuretics) and had to go to the bathroom in a hurry. I jumped into my shoes and got a splinter in the bottom of my foot. I hobbled around for a couple days, and I can’t bend over that far. Finally, I went over to James McLean’s and he had a finger nail file and other attachments on his belt and he got it out. It was still sore for a few more days, but now I check my shoes. …Ken
Could the answer be a SPLINTER?
That’s a splinter! I know cause I’ve had a many of ’em. My own and other people’s. I used to be the Splinter Removal Specialist at work.
It is a thorn, probably greenbriar or blackberry, but not locust.
Speaking of thorns, you all have any honey locust up your way. I have seen a few in widely separated locations in north Georgia.
A briar. (A thorn from a briar to be more exact, but here in the Uwharries we’d just say “I got a briar in my hand.)