Jack meets the challenge of composing an unguessable riddle....
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
1955
Track ID
11912
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1955.152.B6
Original Tape ID
Summary
Jack meets the challenge of composing an unguessable riddle.
Jack had a year and a day to make up a riddle that the King could not guess. He came up with this:
Under the earth I go,
On the oak leaf I stand,
I ride on the filly that never was foaled,
And I carry the dead in my hand.
The answer was that he took the foal from the belly of a dead mare, he put earth in his hat and oak leaves in his shoes, and he carried a whip made from the dead mare's hide.
Language
English
Collection
Classification
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good