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mjmkjun
09/25/2018 07:25AM
  
Those are cool......and I don't have answers.
 
FullGo
09/25/2018 08:06AM
  
I got the first one.


Here is one:


He who make it, sells it.
He who buys it, uses it.
He who uses it, doesn't know it.


What is it?
 
mjmkjun
09/25/2018 05:37PM
  
Canoearoo: "first one is I
Second one is a watch
3rd one I don't know.. can we have a hint?
last one a coffin
"
Well...I did guess the first one correctly, after all.
 
overthehill
09/24/2018 04:32PM
  
My Grandmother passed these riddles on which she heard as a child. She would be over 110 years old if she were still living. I don't see a Riddle Forum (Thank Goodness) ;) But thought I'd pass them on before I forgot them or kicked the bucket. Sounded like a plan.


As I walked over London Bridge, I peeped under. I saw a man cobbling shoes with no leather. By the time I finish this riddle, I'd have told you his name five times and yet you don't know it.

Round as a bisquit. Busy as a bee. Shiny a little thing as you ever did see.


A bit like Dutch shoes; to and fro through lees and loos. Light as a leaf and will cause you no grief if you only know just what to do.



 
Canoearoo
09/26/2018 12:19PM
  
ddietz336: "This was always a favorite of mine...



The rich need it,
The poor have it,



Its greater than god,
More evil than the devil,



If you eat it you will die."


Nothing
 
Canoearoo
09/25/2018 12:13PM
  
first one is I
Second one is a watch
3rd one I don't know.. can we have a hint?
last one a coffin

 
mirth
09/25/2018 03:14PM
  
3rd one.... snowshoes?
 
djwillco
09/27/2018 02:19PM
  
inspector13: "djwillco: "Here's another really old one my kids gave to me:
"When you need me you throw me away
When you're done with me you bring me back"
What am I?"
Fish hook/lure. Or potentially a drift net for fishing.


"


The official answer is "an anchor" but I think yours works too!
 
ddietz336
09/26/2018 01:28AM
  
This was always a favorite of mine...


The rich need it,
The poor have it,


Its greater than god,
More evil than the devil,


If you eat it you will die.
 
djwillco
09/26/2018 06:48AM
  
FullGo: "I got the first one.



Here is one:



He who make it, sells it.
He who buys it, uses it.
He who uses it, doesn't know it.



What is it?"


A Coffin.
 
djwillco
09/26/2018 06:50AM
  
Here's another really old one my kids gave to me:
"When you need me you throw me away
When you're done with me you bring me back"
What am I?
 
Canoearoo
09/25/2018 10:33PM
  
mirth: "3rd one.... snowshoes?"
Oh great guess! That makes perfect sence
 
oth
09/25/2018 10:34PM
  
answers;


I
Watch (pocketwatch)
Canoe
 
inspector13
09/26/2018 04:22PM
  
djwillco: "Here's another really old one my kids gave to me:
"When you need me you throw me away
When you're done with me you bring me back"
What am I?"
Fish hook/lure. Or potentially a drift net for fishing.


 
nofish
09/25/2018 10:25AM
  
FullGo: "I got the first one.



Here is one:



He who make it, sells it.
He who buys it, uses it.
He who uses it, doesn't know it.



What is it?"


A coffin?


No idea on the others.