Wednesday, November 28, 2007

1000 year-old riddle


Swings by his thigh / a thing most magical!
Below the belt / beneath the folds
Of his clothes it hangs / a hole in its end,
stiff-set and stout / it swivels about.

Levelling the head / of this hanging tool,
its wielder hoists his hem / above his knee;
it is his will to fill / a well-known hole
that it fits fully / when at full length

He's oft filled it before. / Now he fills it again.

Check comments for the answer. I'm sure one of the genius readers of this blog will post the answer.

3 comments:

DIIYO said...

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A is A said...

Great post DIIYO-

I had actually already figured out the riddle and your "hint" went rapidly and completely over my head. What a dumbass I am...

Well done!

Anonymous said...

A key!

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