I’m sharing another riddle by way of Sidney Saylor Farr’s book My “Appalachia – A Memoir” with you today.
In yonders lot there is a cup,
And in that cup there is a drop,
And of that drop we all must taste.
A few of you got the answer to the last riddle in case you missed it-it was Andrew.
Tipper
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7 Comments
Gigi
January 12, 2019 at 7:21 pmO gosh Tipper, this one has me puzzled. Is it Death? Or Grave .
Ed Ammons
January 12, 2019 at 11:21 amI’ve never seen “yonder” used as a plural (yonders) or a possessive (yonder’s). Yonder, in my lexicon, is one place, seen yet unseen. Fixed yet fluid. Anywhere yet everywhere. But that is yonder not “yonders.” This one has me bumfuzzled!
Ed Ammons
January 12, 2019 at 1:44 pmI thought death too at first but “yonders lot” throwed me for a loop!
Yes, spell check it “throwed” me!
tmc
January 12, 2019 at 9:58 amI’m no good at riddles, heck I get lost going Mall shopping and it’s the same one we’ve gone to for years, but put me in the woods and I’m good, but I like Ron’s answer I vote for Ron.
Miss Cindy
January 12, 2019 at 9:56 amIsn’t it death that we all must taste?
Jackie
January 12, 2019 at 8:48 amDeath?
Ron Stephens
January 12, 2019 at 8:31 amHmmm not sure whether the riddle is about the lot, the cup or the drop. But I am going to guess the lot is the cemetery and the cup is death. I am thinking maybe the use of the word “cup” is an intentional allusion to
JOH18:11 Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?