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RIDDLE BOOK 
 
 Come you that love riddles, 
 And guess them so well ; 
 
 Now answer me all these, 
 For I know you can tell. 
 
 CONCORD, N. H 
 PUBLISHED BY R. MERRILL. 
 
 1843. 
 
Riddle Book 
 
 
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 Places of trust I oft obtain , 
 
 Protect the house from vermin 5 
 I act as shepherd on the plain, 
 
 At fairs I'm shown for learning. 
 In northern climes a horse I'm seen 
 A roasting jack I too have been 3 
 Strange it is, but no less true, 
 I eat on four legs, beg on two 
 

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 rum. 
 
 May I, ye ladies, now prevail 
 Upon you to declare my name ? 
 My head is round, and so's my 
 
 tail, — 
 As for my body, 'tis the same. 
 
 I oft am bound and beaten too, 
 Yet none there are that pity take; 
 Those who my heavy drubbings 
 
 view, 
 Are pleased at the noise I make. 
 
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 No head, nor eves, nor wins;s have I 
 And yet 1 mount up far on high ; 
 A tail I have, my flight to guide, 
 Which is my beauty, boast and pride 
 A prisoner keep me ; for if free ; 
 Fm rarely seen again by thee 5 
 And if I were, my tattered state 
 For me your value would abate 
 
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 To king and subject I assistance lend, 
 In war a firm ally, in peace a friend. 
 Bold and intrepid meet the daring foe, 
 Willing and able to repel their blow. 
 To rich and poor I render health and 
 
 ease> 
 The lady, merchant, and the peasant 
 
 please 5 
 Such the great demand for my em- 
 ployment, 
 Without me, none can take life's 
 enjoyment. 
 
A Sheep. 
 
 
 Ladies, attend — a humble slave 
 Your kind attention dares to crave 5 
 If plurally you read my name, 
 Or singular ? ; tis all the same : 
 My offspring's pure, without offence 
 The sacred type of innocence : 
 Kings, emperors, nay, all mankind. 
 My skin in solemn covenants bind 
 That leads our Yankee sons to war- 
 Then who I am, I pray, declare 
 
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 A Ship. 
 
 I fly to many foreign parts, 
 Assisted by my spreading wings ; 
 My body holds a hundred hearts- 
 Nay, I will tell you stranger things. 
 When I am not in haste, I ride, 
 And then 1 mend my pace anon 5 
 Fire oft issues from my side — 
 Ye Yankee youths, this riddle con. 
 
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