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I’m sharing another riddle from “Way Down Yonder on Troublesome Creek Appalachian Riddles & Rusties” by James Still.

“Riddle, riddle, randy crow,
I can’t move but here I go;
Two black hands to cover my face,
Key to set my daily pace;
Though I’m one you’ll likely shelve
I can point you twice to twelve.”

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The last riddle I shared was from James Still: “Black as midnight, heavy and thick, long flat tail straight as a stick. A few of you got the answer: a cast iron frying pan.

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19 Comments

  1. Before I downloaded the Blind Pig for Today, and opened it, I had read the riddle and guessed an old-fashioned wind-up clock! So the answers above were already in my mind before I accessed the post, except as it comes up before clicking onto the site itself! Wow! As several others have said, I’m no good, usually, at riddles, but I got this one! Enjoyed!

  2. Clock is my guess. With the move toward digital, I used to make certain I always had a wind up clock. We had such frequent power outages at one time, and I could always made sure I was on time ’cause Mickey Mouse never let me down.

  3. Tipper–I’m usually too dense to determine the answer to your riddles, but this one has enough clues that, like a clock being right twice daily, I know the answer. It’s a key-wind clock.

    Jim Casada

  4. Yep, a clock, specifically a wind up clock.

    Reminds me of “The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat” where the clock put its hands before its face.

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