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Essorant
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since 2002-08-10

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Regina, Saskatchewan; Canada

0 posted 2004-08-24 11:51 AM

Some Feathered flutter thro my breast,
Some Ghosts drive me thro airy's deep
And yet in me may none make nest
Nor creature on my bosom creep.

What am I?

Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

1 posted 2004-08-24 12:07 PM

I never was good at riddles... but I would guess the wind..

Essorant
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since 2002-08-10

Posts 4769
Regina, Saskatchewan; Canada

2 posted 2004-08-24 12:26 PM

Over the folk, over the field
Waving winds over me have wield.

Essorant
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since 2002-08-10

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Regina, Saskatchewan; Canada

3 posted 2004-08-24 12:34 PM

Sometimes I'm like a shepherd's flock;
My name in Old English means "Rock!"

Essorant
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Regina, Saskatchewan; Canada

4 posted 2004-08-24 01:30 PM

Did you know that riddle in the singular ought to have an -s?

"\Rid"dle\, n. [For riddels, s being misunderstood as the plural ending; OE. ridels, redels. AS. r?dels; akin to D. raadsel, G. r["a]thsel; fr. AS. r?dan to counsel or advise, also, to guess. [root]116. Cf. Read.] " Dictionary.com

It's just like the word nadder that man mistook as "adder" after "an".

"Adder...illustrates a process known as false splitting, or juncture loss: the word came from Old English naedre and kept its n into the Middle English period, but later during that stage of the language people started analyzing the phrase a naddre as an addre - the false splitting that has given us adder." - Dictionary.com

Toerag
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since 1999-07-29

Posts 5622
Ala bam a

5 posted 2004-08-25 08:20 AM

I was gonna say a Thrush....also known as a rock in earlier times....beats the hell outta me?....I'm just a toerag yanno?

Essorant
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since 2002-08-10

Posts 4769
Regina, Saskatchewan; Canada

6 posted 2004-08-25 11:43 AM

I travel light
on high ways
wearing white
or wearing greys
sometimes with blush
upon my face;
by day or night
wingless my flight.

Copperbell
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since 2003-11-08

Posts 956

7 posted 2004-08-28 01:40 PM

clouds??

Mysteria

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since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

8 posted 2004-08-28 02:16 PM

Well I think Peter in the bible was referred to as a rock in old english if I remember correctly, so a wild shot then? How about a rabbit as in Peter Rabbit?

serenity blaze
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9 posted 2004-08-28 04:17 PM

Mysteria? You make Essorant appear sane.

Hugs to you both.

*Alli4000*

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since 2004-03-21

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The World of Poetry

10 posted 2004-08-28 10:05 PM

I have a riddle for you all, it's really simple...

There's a body lying dead on a bed, and on the floor beside it is a pair of scissors. The scissors were instrumental in his death, yet there's no trace of blood. The body reveals no signs of any cuts or bruises. How could the person have been murdered with the pair of scissors?

Don't cheat by looking it up on google!

~Alli~

*:.AIM = Alli4000.:*
Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened...

Essorant
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11 posted 2004-08-30 02:35 AM

Copperbell wins the pot of Gold.

And everyone else gets a piece of coal.

Essorant
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Regina, Saskatchewan; Canada

12 posted 2004-08-30 04:21 AM

Alli

May you give us more clue?

serenity blaze
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13 posted 2004-08-30 04:13 PM

Thank you Essorant for the coal.

I think of coal nuggets as future diamonds.

*Alli4000*

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The World of Poetry

14 posted 2004-08-30 06:50 PM

CLUE: Let's just say that the body was soaking wet....

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When I heard this riddle the first time I didn't know the answer but once I found the answer, I'm like "how come I couldn't figure it out!" Just read every single word and piece it together...

~Alli~

Tell Me If You Need Some More Clues

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Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened...

Severn
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since 1999-07-17

Posts 7704

15 posted 2004-08-31 12:23 PM

Technically it's not a riddle - it's a lateral thinking puzzle.

Nasty things.

(A man wakes up and looks outside his bedroom window in the morning and see's 100 dead bodies lying outside. What happened?)

Heh

Oh and I have no idea. Someone cut his IV line or some such thing?

K

serenity blaze
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16 posted 2004-08-31 03:10 AM

a lateral thinkin' puzzle ain't a riddle?

*scratching my head*

OH.

I "get" it!

(or do I?)

Essorant
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Regina, Saskatchewan; Canada

17 posted 2004-08-31 02:34 PM

Severn wins the rainbow and a pot of gold;
everyone else gets a piece of mould!

Essorant
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Regina, Saskatchewan; Canada

18 posted 2004-08-31 02:58 PM

Serenity wins a starry sky
each one else gets a rotton pie.

Severn
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since 1999-07-17

Posts 7704

19 posted 2004-08-31 07:22 PM

oh oh I get a rainbow? Cool...just what I need for my wall. Hey - I can BUY a new wall with my gold - thanks Ess

ROTF.

Essorant
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Posts 4769
Regina, Saskatchewan; Canada

20 posted 2004-09-01 06:04 PM

There is no wall at Passions though

Copperbell
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21 posted 2004-09-03 11:11 PM

I suck at riddles - now I'm proud of myself

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