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Re: Riddle time!
« Reply #75 on: April 11, 2020, 01:14:38 PM »
Quote from: Róisín on April 11, 2020, 03:18:04 AM
Maybe kelp or some similar seaweed?
Quote from: Purple Wyrm on April 11, 2020, 05:29:37 AM
Maybe?

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A sail?

Nope and nope, although you're both close in different ways!
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Re: Riddle time!
« Reply #76 on: April 11, 2020, 01:17:43 PM »
Mebediel:

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a breakwater?



Róisín:

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first one, garlic or horseradish?

second I'm pretty sure I've seen before, and it's a key
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Re: Riddle time!
« Reply #77 on: April 11, 2020, 02:30:39 PM »
Well done! Onion and key it is! Keys back then were usually larger than our modern ones, and were carried on a thong attached to the belt.

And Mebediel, I just had another thought...would your answer perhaps be an anchor?
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Re: Riddle time!
« Reply #78 on: April 11, 2020, 07:56:47 PM »
Quote from: Róisín on April 11, 2020, 02:30:39 PM
And Mebediel, I just had another thought...would your answer perhaps be an anchor?
It is indeed! Although good guess, thorny, with the breakwater :)
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Re: Riddle time!
« Reply #79 on: April 11, 2020, 09:34:23 PM »
I was also thinking about a breakwater but didn’t know what that is called :) Róisín, the key riddle really is quite naughty:)
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Re: Riddle time!
« Reply #80 on: April 12, 2020, 02:02:28 AM »
Many of the AngloSaxon riddles were intended to look that way but to have innocuous answers, like the key and onion ones - ‘stands in a bed’, forsooth! Others ......weren’t the least bit safe for work, including some of the Welsh and Roman riddles.
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Re: Riddle time!
« Reply #81 on: April 12, 2020, 05:01:28 AM »
Quote from: Jitter on April 11, 2020, 09:34:23 PM
I was also thinking about a breakwater but didn’t know what that is called :) Róisín, the key riddle really is quite naughty:)
I'm pretty sure it was on purpose, like "of course it's a key, what were you thinking of, pervert?" type of thing.
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Re: Riddle time!
« Reply #82 on: April 12, 2020, 05:05:27 AM »
 Yeah, I think that was the intent.
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Re: Riddle time!
« Reply #83 on: May 06, 2020, 08:18:07 AM »
This thread is ours and keep it alive we shall! More riddles for you to take your brain off the COVID-19 related matters!

#1: During which month do people sleep the least?

#2: What is made of water but if you put it into water it will die?

#3: What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?

#4: There was a green house. Inside the green house there was a white house. Inside the white house there was a red house. Inside the red house there were lots of babies. What is it?

#5: Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?

#6: If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven't got me. What am I?

#7: A man is pushing his car along the road when he comes to a hotel. He shouts, "I'm bankrupt!" Why?

And that'll be enough for now. Have fun guessing, and if you've got some cool riddles, post them here too!
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Re: Riddle time!
« Reply #84 on: May 06, 2020, 08:29:00 AM »
Is 1 March?
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Re: Riddle time!
« Reply #85 on: May 06, 2020, 08:32:21 AM »
Would number 2 be ice? Because ice is water but it melts in water
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Re: Riddle time!
« Reply #86 on: May 06, 2020, 08:35:41 AM »
Quote from: Róisín on May 06, 2020, 08:29:00 AM
Is 1 March?
I'm afraid it is not. Good luck on your second try!
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Re: Riddle time!
« Reply #87 on: May 06, 2020, 09:23:45 AM »
Is #5 ’incorrectly’?

Good of you to come up with more! I’m not very good with these but it’s a fun thread to follow!
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Re: Riddle time!
« Reply #88 on: May 06, 2020, 09:24:01 AM »
#6: A secret?
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Re: Riddle time!
« Reply #89 on: May 06, 2020, 09:27:02 AM »
#3 a towel?
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