I’m sharing another riddle from “Way Down Yonder on Troublesome Creek Appalachian Riddles & Rusties” by James Still.
“In summer I’m dressed fit to marry the Queen of Sheba.
In winter I’m naked as a wheat straw. ”
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The last riddle I shared was from “Way Down Yonder on Troublesome Creek Appalachian Riddles & Rusties” by James Still. Most all of you got it. The answer was a creek or river.
“Crooked as a blacksnake, level as a plate,
Forty thousand oxen couldn’t pull it straight.”
Tipper
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8 Comments
Jeanne
January 11, 2020 at 9:31 pmSolomon’s Seal
Gigi
January 11, 2020 at 7:27 pmAll i can think of , some kind of tree.
Gaye Blaine
January 11, 2020 at 2:21 pmA lily.
PinnacleCreek
January 11, 2020 at 12:43 pmProbably wrong, but sounds like a sunflower with its beautiful golden crown, but nothing more stark and skinny in the Winter after the birds and/or children have decapitated it.
Ron Stephens
January 11, 2020 at 9:35 amHmmmm a flowering plant for sure I would think. But beyond that what seems to be a Biblical reference to the Queen of Sheba coming to visit Solomon stumps me. Hope some of you all can tell me.
Ed Ammons
January 11, 2020 at 8:11 amA tree or a field?
Colleen Holmes
January 11, 2020 at 8:03 amA tree.
Miss Cindy
January 11, 2020 at 6:51 amIt must be some kind of tree, other than an evergreen. Could be a mighty oak .