I’m sharing another riddle from Way Down Yonder on Troublesome Creek Appalachian Riddles & Rusties by James Still.
Old Dial Thomas built a barn of poplar logs. And would he use iron nails? Now, no. Not by your bowlegged grandpaw he wouldn’t. He said they would draw lightning and set it afire. So maul in hand, he went driving wooden pegs all over the place. But hey-o! Where did he hit the first peg?
The last riddle I shared was from from Way Down Yonder on Troublesome Creek Appalachian Riddles & Rusties by James Still.
Nobody under the shining courts of heaven has seen it,
It can whistle but can’t talk;
It can make you cry and dry your eye.
Several folks got this one: the wind.
Last night’s video: The Thread That Runs So True 13.
Tipper
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Pegs like they used in Dial Thomas’s poplar barn building days don’t have a head. They are a wooden cylinder (sometimes slightly tapered for when the holes don’t line up exactly). They were generally hand made, on site.
I helped build a poplar barn once upon a time. It wasn’t pegged together, it was built log cabin style without fasteners. It had a metal roof so that had to have nails. I remember straightening bent nails from a big bucket but don’t remember seeing anyone use them. That was like 65 years ago and remembering is no longer my strong suit.
I don’t know…on his toe! lol. That’s the hardest one yet. I have not a clue.
on the head
He hit the first peg on the end or top.
On the head.
Into the round hole? 🙂
Did you know that peg legged people only have nails on their other foot?
He hit it with the end of his maul. LOL
I must have missed the last riddle, but probably would have gotten it if I’d thought on it a spell. This new riddle, well I have no clue what the answer is, it’s a tough one! Looking forward to the answer to this one!
Did he hit the first peg on its end?
I think I know it! (The head of the peg.)
I don’t know for shore but I would suspect that old Dial Thomas hit the first peg right there on the end. Not the sharpened end but the squared off one. Pegs tend to drive a lot easier that way.
He hit the first peg (dowel) on the end?
He hit the first I peg on the head?
On its head.
In his peg leg?
He hit the peg on the head first.
Great fun, Riddle me first.”
He hit it on the end.
on the head?
I’m gonna guess on the “top” or “head” of the peg.
On the head?!