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Riddles
Dublin Core
Title
Riddles
Subject
Riddles
Description
These are hand-transcribed riddles with the answers written after the riddle.
Creator
Bobby McMillon
Source
Bobby McMillon Collection, Southern Appalachian Archives, Mars Hill University
Publisher
Southern Appalachian Archives, Liston B. Ramsey Center for Appalachian Studies, Mars Hill University
Rights
This item may be viewed, downloaded, and printed for personal and educational use, but any commercial use is prohibited without permission from the Southern Appalachian Archives, Mars Hill University. Questions may be directed to the Archivist at (828) 689-1262 or archives@mhu.edu.
Language
English
Text Item Type Metadata
Text
Riddles
What goes over the field by day
and sets on the table at night?
[Milk]
As I was walking down the lane
I met a man who did the same.
He tipped his hat and drew his cane,
and in this riddle I've told his name.
[Andrew]
What's big at the bottom,
little at the top,
And got a thing in the middle
that goes flippity flop?
[Butter churn]
As I walked over London Bridge,
I met my sister Sally.
Her head I plucked, her blood I sucked,
her body I left standing.
[Strawberry]
Twelve pears a-hanging high,
twelve knights come a-riding by.
Each took a pear
and left eleven hanging there.
[Knight's name was Each]
Round as a biscuit, busy as a bee,
prettiest little thing ye ever did see.
[Watch]
What goes over the field by day
and sets on the table at night?
[Milk]
As I was walking down the lane
I met a man who did the same.
He tipped his hat and drew his cane,
and in this riddle I've told his name.
[Andrew]
What's big at the bottom,
little at the top,
And got a thing in the middle
that goes flippity flop?
[Butter churn]
As I walked over London Bridge,
I met my sister Sally.
Her head I plucked, her blood I sucked,
her body I left standing.
[Strawberry]
Twelve pears a-hanging high,
twelve knights come a-riding by.
Each took a pear
and left eleven hanging there.
[Knight's name was Each]
Round as a biscuit, busy as a bee,
prettiest little thing ye ever did see.
[Watch]
Original Format
Xerox of Ballad Book of Love Songs, Poems, Rhymes, etc., Book Nine, page 9.
Files
Collection
Citation
Bobby McMillon, “Riddles,” Southern Appalachian Archives Mars Hill University, accessed October 23, 2026, https://southernappalachianarchives.org/items/show/979.