I’m sharing another riddle from “Way Down Yonder on Troublesome Creek Appalachian Riddles & Rusties” by James Still.
“I have teeth yet can’t eat; Can’t crunch corn or bread of wheat, Still I’ll fix you fairly neat.”
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The last riddle I shared was from James Still:
“What travels the road standing on its head and never takes a drink of water?”
Several of you guessed something that made sense to me, but the answer from Still is a horseshoe nail.
Tipper
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23 Comments
Sanford McKinney Jr
March 21, 2021 at 8:26 pmI am guessing a comb?
Jane D. O'Dell
March 20, 2021 at 4:42 pmI think it’s a zipper.
Buddy Stonecypher
March 21, 2021 at 7:34 amI think it is a comb…
Gigi
March 20, 2021 at 4:06 pmI think a comb.
Tamela
March 20, 2021 at 3:35 pmMy first thought was a saw; but a comb makes more sense when you think about “fix YOU real neat”.
Cynthia
March 20, 2021 at 10:59 amIt’s a comb.
dee
March 20, 2021 at 10:48 amI thought “comb.”
Sherry Whitaker
March 20, 2021 at 10:16 amA zipper!
Ed Ammons
March 20, 2021 at 9:22 amI said horseshoe nail for the last one
Tipper
March 20, 2021 at 9:25 amEd-sorry I missed that!
Ed Ammons
March 20, 2021 at 9:04 amWould that be a comb?
Ron Stephens
March 20, 2021 at 8:48 amI think a comb also. About that, I can remember “the ducktail” and guys carrying a pocket comb to keep it looking good. That was when the teenage ‘uniform’ was jeans and a white t-shirt. And since t-shirts did not have pockets then, the smokers put the cigarette pack twisted inside their sleeve. That was also when guys especially put a pack of Toms salted peanuts in their coke bottle to get sweet salty. Way cool!
Ed Ammons
March 20, 2021 at 9:41 amDon’t leave out the heel and toe taps on your boots! Not only do they see you coming, they hear you too!
Ron Stephens
March 20, 2021 at 12:52 pmGee Mr. Ammons, I had forgotten those! The heel taps were actually useful though for slowing heel wear. Wonder if theycan even be found anymore?
Randy
March 20, 2021 at 1:32 pmThis reminds me of a high school classmate wearing penny loafers with horseshoe heel taps. During Christmas holidays the hall floors had been waxed and on one of the first days back when coming back from lunch we heard a commotion and it was Buck, he looked like he was completely upside down before he hit the floor. Nothing but his pride got hurt, but he took the taps off that night. Naturally, we laughed about as hard as we could, even the teacher had a grin on her face.
Ann Applegarth
March 20, 2021 at 8:42 amA comb.
Gayle Larson
March 20, 2021 at 8:09 amA comb
Janet Smart
March 20, 2021 at 8:06 amComb is the first thing that came to my mind.
carol harrison
March 20, 2021 at 7:46 amA comb
margaret carter
March 20, 2021 at 7:17 amandwer to riddle—-a comb
Larry Paul Eddings
March 20, 2021 at 6:47 amA comb?
John Hart
March 20, 2021 at 6:45 amA saw.
Cindy Pressley
March 20, 2021 at 6:39 amA horseshoe nail never crossed my mind! Lets try a zipper for this riddle, it has teeth!