So get ready! It’s time to tap into those brain cells and make an Exodus from boring Bible riddles of the past. Unlike one of ...

Riddles, Charades, and Conundrums was an 1822 collection of puzzles compiled by the English scholar and antiquarian John Winter Jones, a founder librarian of the British Museum. The riddles in Jones's ...

Riddles are an ancient and universal form, but few people seem to have enjoyed them more than English Benedictine monks. The Exeter Book, a tenth century monastic collection of Old English verse, ...

It?s a whimsical English riddle (the answer is one) that challenges our sense of logic and perspective, and is therefore a fitting title to the Lee Blessing play, “Going to St. Ives,” now at the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The Old English riddles are generally valued for their triviality—for their humour and their connection to ordinary life. In this article, ...