Anglo-Saxon Riddles: Student Examples
Riddle #1:
I am always under never above.
I come in many shapes some are super sizes.
If you wedge me I promise pain to you.
I’m rarely seen but I’m almost always there.
If you take me off you are likely bare.
This riddle may be brief but I could be too.
Riddle #2:
I’m all different colors, shapes, and sizes.
And at some time almost everyone will need me.
And the person who makes me sells me.
But the person who buys me doesn’t use me.
And the person who uses me doesn’t know it.
Riddle #3:
A slow solemn square-dance
Of warriors fighting
One by one they fall
Warriors fainting
Thirty-two on sixty-four
Riddle #4:
A hundred brothers lie next to each other
Each white and fine they’ve only one spine
I am the tongue that lies between two
Remove me to gather their wisdom
To you
Riddle #5:
I’m weaved and wandering through the things that you were
I come in all colors from black to white
You’ll use me more when it’s cold at night
I make a good hobby with a nine inch needle
If I was unraveled I’d make a mess
Your kitten will claw me and unroll me too
Most people use me maybe even you.
