I found these riddles , can anyone help me figure it out? - Page 3 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Manwe · 05-29-2002, 05:38 AM

Maikadilwen, your'e right again.

Maikadilwen · 05-29-2002, 07:14 AM

Heh heh. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] Let's have some more. Since I can't come up with any myself, I'll just have to guess yours. I'm not good at this sort of thing. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

Manwe · 05-30-2002, 12:42 AM

Well, here's one more...

In the dawn I'm small and bright,
bathing in the spring light,
in the noon I'm as the grass green,
and everywhere I'm seen,
by sunset I continue my run,
and change to color of blood or sun,
when the night comes I turn to brown,
and the fall dead down,
what am I?

NOTE:The day-times is metaphorical.

Joy · 05-30-2002, 12:47 AM

Manwë, is yours "leaves?"

Kettle of fish · 05-30-2002, 04:30 AM

It's not my turn to post. But...

Three-fourths of a cross and a circle complete,
Two semi-circles with a perpendicular meet.
Then add a triangle that stands on 2 feet,
Two semi-circles and a circle complete.
What am I?

Manwe · 05-30-2002, 04:55 AM

Yep, Joy, you're right

Joy · 05-31-2002, 11:37 PM

There's no way I actually got that right [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] Wow!

I have never been good at riddles.

Lostgaeriel · 06-05-2002, 12:40 AM

Hey Kettle of fish!

Even though it wasn't your turn to ask a riddle yet, I think I've figured it out.

Three-fourths of a cross and a circle complete,
Two semi-circles with a perpendicular meet.
Then add a triangle that stands on 2 feet,
Two semi-circles and a circle complete.

TOBACCO (aka pipeweed!)

Now it's Joy's turn to ask a riddle.

Luthien_ Tinuviel · 06-05-2002, 07:03 PM

1. A fish
6. Fear
7. A river

Luthien_ Tinuviel · 06-05-2002, 07:12 PM

Here's a riddle: Teeth I have
but I never bite,
You use them to do something that makes you look just right!

Nevfeniel · 06-05-2002, 07:19 PM

A comb?

Celebmundoiel · 06-06-2002, 05:52 AM

ok If no one answerd number 5 and I'm not sure if they did because I didn't read all the pages but anyways

Quote:

5.
Never tired, never still.
Moving quietly from hill to hill.
Does not run or even walk,
life it gives and sometimes take,
when its hand is gone you feel the chill it leaves behind.
What is it?

I think its the sun.

Susan Delgado · 06-07-2002, 11:51 PM

Don't forget mine! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Quote:

He lives like a monkey,
He's built like a mouse.
He picks fruits and nuts in his tree-branch house.

Amanaduial the archer · 06-08-2002, 04:55 AM

susan is ures a sqirrel?

Susan Delgado · 06-09-2002, 01:32 PM

Yes, "sqirrel" is correct [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Susan Delgado · 06-12-2002, 07:34 PM

I'm very tempting, so it's said.
I have a lovely coat of red,
And my flesh is white beneath.
I smell so sweet,
Taste good to eat,
And help to guard your teeth.

Belin · 06-12-2002, 10:43 PM

An apple!!!

(Um, wow, how did I wander over to this thread?.... )

--Belin Ibaimendi

Gandalf_theGrey · 06-12-2002, 10:56 PM

Hullo Belin,

Regarding your riddle,

Quote:

(Um, wow, how did I wander over to this thread?.... )

I'd say the answer would be "in yellow stockings" from the looks of you. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Gandalf the Grey

Susan Delgado · 06-13-2002, 12:58 AM

I'd say it's your turn, Belin

Belin · 06-13-2002, 10:28 AM

Hullo Mithrandir,

Ah! Of course! My thanks to you! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] After all, "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em," right?

*Stumbles over to the wizard and does him an odd little reverence by way of a belated greeting*

So, a riddle, let's see... maybe I can make one up on the spot. How about:

I walk a high road
As anything you please
I fly but I fall
And where I land, flowers bloom.

Now if I could only make it rhyme... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

--Belin Ibaimendi

[ June 13, 2002: Message edited by: Belin ]

Susan Delgado · 06-13-2002, 10:31 AM

Is it rain? Or sunlight?

Belin · 06-13-2002, 10:34 AM

Both very close.... Or, I should say, one of them is half the answer.

Susan Delgado · 06-13-2002, 10:53 AM

Rainclouds?

Belin · 06-13-2002, 11:15 AM

Rainclouds is right!...

--Belin Ibaimendi

Susan Delgado · 06-13-2002, 12:48 PM

Yay!

More eyes have I than I do need for sight.
I have a cry both sharp and clear.
I have a tail more fit for show than flight.
Admired I am whenever I appear.

Luthien_ Tinuviel · 06-13-2002, 08:06 PM

It's a peacock.

Susan Delgado · 06-13-2002, 08:15 PM

Right! and Welcome to the Downs! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Your turn

Luthien_ Tinuviel · 06-14-2002, 09:09 PM

Thanks!!!!

"The beginning of eternity,
the end of time and space
The beginning of every end,
and the end of every place."

It's a common one, I know. BTW, there's a great riddle in "Is Underground" by Joan Aiken, but it's irrelevant outside the book, so I couldn't use that.
[img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Nevtalathiel · 06-15-2002, 10:31 AM

E!

Wow, I riddle I can actually answer!

Luthien_ Tinuviel · 06-15-2002, 11:23 AM

Good job! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] Your turn.

Nevtalathiel · 06-15-2002, 12:24 PM

A hoard of rings am I,
but no fit gift for a bride;
I await a sword's kiss.

I got this from a website, whic had a whole section on J.R.R. Tolkein's riddles (No cheating though!)

Laiedheliel · 06-15-2002, 12:31 PM

Nev, it's a mail shirt! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Nevtalathiel · 06-15-2002, 12:42 PM

Correct (but you know that already). Post away.

Luthien_ Tinuviel · 06-15-2002, 02:07 PM

Hey, I know that website!

Susan Delgado · 06-20-2002, 11:41 AM

I will post one.

We capture light, and yet we don't.
We reflect rays of the sun, and yet we don't.
Without us, the world is grey and dull.

Luthien_ Tinuviel · 06-20-2002, 06:36 PM

It's colors. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Susan Delgado · 06-21-2002, 03:27 AM

right [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Luthien_ Tinuviel · 06-22-2002, 11:10 AM

I pass down knowledge through the ages,
I have a spine and leaves
I speak with words but not a voice.

pippin_took0 · 06-22-2002, 12:01 PM

A book

Pallando · 06-22-2002, 12:16 PM

Quote:

1.
I am as cold as death, and not breathing air.
Never thirsty, but ever drinking
Covered in mail, but never clinking
What am I?

I say Fish (TH).

Quote:

2.
A warrior amongst the flowers, he bears a thrusting sword.
He uses his life to defend his golden hoard.
What is he?

I say the Elanor flowers or Beren.

Quote:

3.
We capture light, and yet we don't.
We reflect rays of sun, and yet we don't.
Without us all the world is gray and dull.
What are we?

I say the Valar or the Maiar (when not clothed in flesh).

Quote:

4.
Until I am mesured,
I am not known.
Yet how you miss me,
When I have flown.
What am I?

I say Time.

Quote:

5.
Never tired, never still.
Moving quietly from hill to hill.
Does not run or even walk,
life it gives and sometimes take,
when its hand is gone you feel the chill it leaves behind.
What is it?

I say Rain.

Quote:

6.
I make you weak at the worst of times,
but iI keep you safe from hights and crimes.
I make your hands sweat, and your heart grow cold,
I visit the weak, but seldom the bold.
What am I?

I say Fear.

Quote:

7.
What can run but never walks,
Has a mouth but never talks,
Has a bed but never sleeps?
What am I?

I say a River. (I read it before.)

Quote:

8.
White bird featherless flyin out paradise
flyin over sea and land dyin in my hand
what is it ?

I say Freedom.

05-29-2002, 05:38 AM	#81
Manwe Haunting Spirit Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Ilmarin, Taniquetil Posts: 98	Maikadilwen, your'e right again. __________________ by the way my name is Manwë, not Manwe

05-29-2002, 07:14 AM	#82
Maikadilwen Summoner of Lost Souls Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: At home, with my Strongbow Posts: 525	Heh heh. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] Let's have some more. Since I can't come up with any myself, I'll just have to guess yours. I'm not good at this sort of thing. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] __________________ -"Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave. Our birth is nothing but our death begun."

05-30-2002, 12:42 AM	#83
Manwe Haunting Spirit Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Ilmarin, Taniquetil Posts: 98	Well, here's one more... In the dawn I'm small and bright, bathing in the spring light, in the noon I'm as the grass green, and everywhere I'm seen, by sunset I continue my run, and change to color of blood or sun, when the night comes I turn to brown, and the fall dead down, what am I? NOTE:The day-times is metaphorical. __________________ by the way my name is Manwë, not Manwe

05-30-2002, 12:47 AM	#84
Joy Spirit of a Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wandering Posts: 1,020	Manwë, is yours "leaves?" __________________ God bless, Joy KingdomWarrior@hotmail.com http://kingdomWarrior.jlym.com As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

05-30-2002, 04:30 AM	#85
Kettle of fish Wight Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 114	It's not my turn to post. But... Three-fourths of a cross and a circle complete, Two semi-circles with a perpendicular meet. Then add a triangle that stands on 2 feet, Two semi-circles and a circle complete. What am I? __________________ The inimical is often more instructive than the benign. Between screams, try to pay attention.

05-30-2002, 04:55 AM	#86
Manwe Haunting Spirit Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Ilmarin, Taniquetil Posts: 98	Yep, Joy, you're right __________________ by the way my name is Manwë, not Manwe

05-31-2002, 11:37 PM	#87
Joy Spirit of a Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wandering Posts: 1,020	There's no way I actually got that right [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] Wow! I have never been good at riddles. __________________ God bless, Joy KingdomWarrior@hotmail.com http://kingdomWarrior.jlym.com As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

06-05-2002, 12:40 AM	#88
Lostgaeriel Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Toronto the Good Posts: 479	Hey Kettle of fish! Even though it wasn't your turn to ask a riddle yet, I think I've figured it out. Three-fourths of a cross and a circle complete, Two semi-circles with a perpendicular meet. Then add a triangle that stands on 2 feet, Two semi-circles and a circle complete. TOBACCO (aka pipeweed!) Now it's Joy's turn to ask a riddle. __________________ Elen síla lúmenn’ omentielvo, a star shines on the hour of our meeting.

06-05-2002, 07:03 PM	#89
Luthien_ Tinuviel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2002 Location: A very lovely tree-hut in the Chunnel. Posts: 804	1. A fish 6. Fear 7. A river __________________ I am a nineteen-year-old nomad photographer who owns a lemonade stand. You know what? I love Mip.

06-05-2002, 07:12 PM	#90
Luthien_ Tinuviel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2002 Location: A very lovely tree-hut in the Chunnel. Posts: 804	Here's a riddle: Teeth I have but I never bite, You use them to do something that makes you look just right! __________________ I am a nineteen-year-old nomad photographer who owns a lemonade stand. You know what? I love Mip.

06-05-2002, 07:19 PM	#91
Nevfeniel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mithlond Posts: 783	A comb? __________________ Consider the purr a variety of audible tranquilizer. [. . .] For a few of us, there is one more purr, a secret purr. When we combine our secret purrs, we produce the Purr of Power. And that is simply the amplified amity we feel as furred and purred beings.

06-08-2002, 04:55 AM	#94
Amanaduial the archer Shadow of Starlight Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: dancing among the ledgerlines... Posts: 2,397	susan is ures a sqirrel? __________________ I am what I was, a harmless little devil

06-09-2002, 01:32 PM	#95
Susan Delgado The Perished Flame Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: behind my eyes Posts: 1,096	Yes, "sqirrel" is correct [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ "Man as a whole, Man pitted against the universe, have we seen him at all 'til we see that he is like a hero in a fairy tale?"

06-12-2002, 07:34 PM	#96
Susan Delgado The Perished Flame Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: behind my eyes Posts: 1,096	I'm very tempting, so it's said. I have a lovely coat of red, And my flesh is white beneath. I smell so sweet, Taste good to eat, And help to guard your teeth. __________________ "Man as a whole, Man pitted against the universe, have we seen him at all 'til we see that he is like a hero in a fairy tale?"

06-12-2002, 10:43 PM	#97
Belin Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: all the wide unfriendly pathways of the world Posts: 330	An apple!!! (Um, wow, how did I wander over to this thread?.... ) --Belin Ibaimendi __________________ "I hate dignity," cried Scraps, kicking a pebble high in the air and then trying to catch it as it fell. "Half the fools and all the wise folks are dignified, and I'm neither the one nor the other." --L. Frank Baum

06-13-2002, 12:58 AM	#99
Susan Delgado The Perished Flame Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: behind my eyes Posts: 1,096	I'd say it's your turn, Belin __________________ "Man as a whole, Man pitted against the universe, have we seen him at all 'til we see that he is like a hero in a fairy tale?"

06-13-2002, 10:28 AM	#100
Belin Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: all the wide unfriendly pathways of the world Posts: 330	Hullo Mithrandir, Ah! Of course! My thanks to you! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] After all, "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em," right? Stumbles over to the wizard and does him an odd little reverence by way of a belated greeting So, a riddle, let's see... maybe I can make one up on the spot. How about: I walk a high road As anything you please I fly but I fall And where I land, flowers bloom. Now if I could only make it rhyme... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] --Belin Ibaimendi [ June 13, 2002: Message edited by: Belin ] __________________ "I hate dignity," cried Scraps, kicking a pebble high in the air and then trying to catch it as it fell. "Half the fools and all the wise folks are dignified, and I'm neither the one nor the other." --L. Frank Baum

06-13-2002, 10:31 AM	#101
Susan Delgado The Perished Flame Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: behind my eyes Posts: 1,096	Is it rain? Or sunlight? __________________ "Man as a whole, Man pitted against the universe, have we seen him at all 'til we see that he is like a hero in a fairy tale?"

06-13-2002, 10:34 AM	#102
Belin Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: all the wide unfriendly pathways of the world Posts: 330	Both very close.... Or, I should say, one of them is half the answer. __________________ "I hate dignity," cried Scraps, kicking a pebble high in the air and then trying to catch it as it fell. "Half the fools and all the wise folks are dignified, and I'm neither the one nor the other." --L. Frank Baum

06-13-2002, 10:53 AM	#103
Susan Delgado The Perished Flame Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: behind my eyes Posts: 1,096	Rainclouds? __________________ "Man as a whole, Man pitted against the universe, have we seen him at all 'til we see that he is like a hero in a fairy tale?"

06-13-2002, 11:15 AM	#104
Belin Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: all the wide unfriendly pathways of the world Posts: 330	Rainclouds is right!... --Belin Ibaimendi __________________ "I hate dignity," cried Scraps, kicking a pebble high in the air and then trying to catch it as it fell. "Half the fools and all the wise folks are dignified, and I'm neither the one nor the other." --L. Frank Baum

06-13-2002, 12:48 PM	#105
Susan Delgado The Perished Flame Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: behind my eyes Posts: 1,096	Yay! More eyes have I than I do need for sight. I have a cry both sharp and clear. I have a tail more fit for show than flight. Admired I am whenever I appear. __________________ "Man as a whole, Man pitted against the universe, have we seen him at all 'til we see that he is like a hero in a fairy tale?"

06-13-2002, 08:06 PM	#106
Luthien_ Tinuviel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2002 Location: A very lovely tree-hut in the Chunnel. Posts: 804	It's a peacock. __________________ I am a nineteen-year-old nomad photographer who owns a lemonade stand. You know what? I love Mip.

06-13-2002, 08:15 PM	#107
Susan Delgado The Perished Flame Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: behind my eyes Posts: 1,096	Right! and Welcome to the Downs! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Your turn __________________ "Man as a whole, Man pitted against the universe, have we seen him at all 'til we see that he is like a hero in a fairy tale?"

06-14-2002, 09:09 PM	#108
Luthien_ Tinuviel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2002 Location: A very lovely tree-hut in the Chunnel. Posts: 804	Thanks!!!! "The beginning of eternity, the end of time and space The beginning of every end, and the end of every place." It's a common one, I know. BTW, there's a great riddle in "Is Underground" by Joan Aiken, but it's irrelevant outside the book, so I couldn't use that. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] __________________ I am a nineteen-year-old nomad photographer who owns a lemonade stand. You know what? I love Mip.

06-15-2002, 10:31 AM	#109
Nevtalathiel Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The depths of delusion Posts: 374	E! Wow, I riddle I can actually answer! __________________ "You can go a long way with a smile. You can go even further with a smile and a gun." - Al Capone

06-15-2002, 11:23 AM	#110
Luthien_ Tinuviel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2002 Location: A very lovely tree-hut in the Chunnel. Posts: 804	Good job! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] Your turn. __________________ I am a nineteen-year-old nomad photographer who owns a lemonade stand. You know what? I love Mip.

06-15-2002, 12:24 PM	#111
Nevtalathiel Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The depths of delusion Posts: 374	A hoard of rings am I, but no fit gift for a bride; I await a sword's kiss. I got this from a website, whic had a whole section on J.R.R. Tolkein's riddles (No cheating though!) __________________ "You can go a long way with a smile. You can go even further with a smile and a gun." - Al Capone

06-15-2002, 12:31 PM	#112
Laiedheliel Haunting Spirit Join Date: May 2002 Location: A roaming Middle-Earth wanderer in the guise of a Ranger Posts: 66	Nev, it's a mail shirt! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] __________________ AIM me at silverpunk1321 anytime, 'cuz I love to chat and never have anyone to chat with...

06-15-2002, 12:42 PM	#113
Nevtalathiel Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The depths of delusion Posts: 374	Correct (but you know that already). Post away. __________________ "You can go a long way with a smile. You can go even further with a smile and a gun." - Al Capone

06-15-2002, 02:07 PM	#114
Luthien_ Tinuviel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2002 Location: A very lovely tree-hut in the Chunnel. Posts: 804	Hey, I know that website! __________________ I am a nineteen-year-old nomad photographer who owns a lemonade stand. You know what? I love Mip.

06-20-2002, 11:41 AM	#115
Susan Delgado The Perished Flame Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: behind my eyes Posts: 1,096	I will post one. We capture light, and yet we don't. We reflect rays of the sun, and yet we don't. Without us, the world is grey and dull. __________________ "Man as a whole, Man pitted against the universe, have we seen him at all 'til we see that he is like a hero in a fairy tale?"

06-20-2002, 06:36 PM	#116
Luthien_ Tinuviel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2002 Location: A very lovely tree-hut in the Chunnel. Posts: 804	It's colors. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ I am a nineteen-year-old nomad photographer who owns a lemonade stand. You know what? I love Mip.

06-21-2002, 03:27 AM	#117
Susan Delgado The Perished Flame Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: behind my eyes Posts: 1,096	right [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ "Man as a whole, Man pitted against the universe, have we seen him at all 'til we see that he is like a hero in a fairy tale?"

06-22-2002, 11:10 AM	#118
Luthien_ Tinuviel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2002 Location: A very lovely tree-hut in the Chunnel. Posts: 804	I pass down knowledge through the ages, I have a spine and leaves I speak with words but not a voice. __________________ I am a nineteen-year-old nomad photographer who owns a lemonade stand. You know what? I love Mip.