Note 24 — RIDDLES.

Cf. Nursery Rhymes of England (Halliwell):

CLIV. When I went up sandy-hill,

I met a sandy boy;

I cut his throat, I sucked his blood,

And left his skin a hanging-o.

Welsh-Gypsy Folk-riddles:

24. I was going over a bridge; I saw a yellow man. I lifted him up.

I drank his blood, and I threw him down.

Lincolnshire riddles (Notes and Queries 3rd series, VIII):

As I was going over London Brig,

I spies a little red thing;

I pick it up, I suck it blood,

And leaves it skin to dry.

Canadian; Ontario:

As I went over London bridge, I met my sister Mary; I cut off her head and drank her blood and left her body standing.

—Whiskey in a bottle. ↑