Note 70 — RIDDLES.
Reading edition
Cf. “Flores” of Pseudo-Bede (III) Mod. Phil. 2:562:
Sedeo super equum non natum, cujus matrem in manu teneo.
Booke of Merry Riddles (Halliwell):
XL. On greene grass I go
And on oaken beames I stand,
I ride on a mule that was never folde,
And I holde the damme in my hand.
Solution: It is a fole ridden on, cut out of the dammes belly, and a bridle made of her skinne.
Porto Rican (Mason and Espinosa):
769. Ando en quien no fué nacido,
ni esperanza de nacer;
su madre traigo en los brazos.
Adivina lo que puede ser.
Irish Folk-lore Riddles, 70:
O’er the gravel I do travel,
On the oak I do stand,
I ride a mare that never was foaled,
And hold the bridle in my hand.
—A sailor on board ship.
See Story No. 26, p. 33. ↑