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WORD-LORE The 'Folk' Magazine London, England June 1927 (pages 85 & 96-97)
CORRESPONDENCE
THE FOX'S WEDDING
Dear Sir,
In Sussex (and possibly elsewhere), when sunshine and rain synchronise (Vol. II., p. 32), the phenomenon is known as “A Monkey’s Birthday.”
Faithfully yours,
Steyning, Sussex.
NOTES QUERIES AND ANSWERS
N. 67.—A Suffolk Riddle.—The following quaint riddle, which, so far as I know, is uncollected, was communicated to a friend by an old countryman near Ipswitch:—
“Four upstanders, four downhangers, two lookers, two crookers, a wig-wag, and a winder.
The “upstanders” are legs, the “downhangers,” teats, “lookers” eyes, the “crookers” horns, the “wig-wag” is a tongue, and the “winder” a tail. The answer is “a cow.”
Victor B. Neuburg (Steyning, Sussex). |