Note 61 — RIDDLES.

Cf. Dorsetshire (Notes and Queries 3rd series IX), 50:

A body met a body

In a narrow lane,

Says the body to a body,

Where hast thou a-ben?

I’ve ben in my wood

A-hunting me some roe.

Then lend me thy little dog

That I may do so.

Then take it unto thee.

Tell me its name;

For twice in the riddle,

I’ve told you the same.

Holme riddles, 237:

(137) There was a king met a king, etc.

—The men’s names were King and the dog’s name was Bin. ↑