ourpence-ha'penny an' a ha'penny forby--
How much is that?
[A shilling.]

There was a prophet on this earth,
His age no man could tell;
He was at his greatest height
Before e'en Adam fell.

His wives are very numerous,
Yet he maintaineth none;
And at the day of reckoning
He bids them all begone.

He wears his boots when he should sleep,
His spurs are ever new;
There's no a shoemaker on a' the earth
Can fit him wi' a shoe.
[A cock.]

Riddle me, riddle me, rot-tot-tot,
A wee, wee man in a red, red coat;
A staff in his hand and a stane in his throat,
Riddle me, riddle me, rot-tot-tot.
[A cherry.]

There was a man made a thing,
And he that made it did it bring;
But he 'twas made for did not know
Whether 'twas a thing or no.
[A coffin.]

Pease-porridge het, pease-porridge cauld,
Pease-porridge in a pot ten days auld;
Spell me that in four letters.
[T-H-A-T.]

I sat wi' my love, and I drank wi' my love,
And my love she gave me light;
I'll give any man a pint o' wine
To read my riddle right.

[He sat in a chair made of his mistress's bones, drank out of her skull,
and was lighted by a candle made of the substance of her body.]

Mouth o' horn, and beard o' leather;
Ye'll no guess that were ye hanged in a tether.
[A cock.]

Bonnie Katie Brannie stands at the wa',
Gi'e her little, gi'e her muckle, she licks up a':
Gi'e her stanes, she eats them--but water, she'll dee,
Come, tell this bonnie riddleum to me.
[The fire.]

Down in yon meadow
There sails a boat;
And in that boat
The King's son sat.
I'm aye telling ye,
But ye're no calling,
Hoo they ca' the King's son
In the boat sailing.
[Hoo, or Hugh.]

As I gaed owre Bottle-brig,
Bottle-brig brak';
Though ye guess a' day,
Ye winna guess that. [The ice.]

If Dick's father is John's son,
What relation is Dick to John?
[His grandson.]

The brown bull o' Baverton,
Gaed owre the hill o' Haverton;
He dashed his head atween twa s