Kentucky Folklore by R. Gerald Alvey

Author:R. Gerald Alvey [Alvey, R. Gerald]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Social Science, Folklore & Mythology
ISBN: 9780813109022
Google: AKPM6Xr063cC
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 1989-09-19T05:30:56+00:00

Hundreds of years ago, some riddles were meant to be so hard that nobody could answer them except the person who told them. Some people call these “neck” riddles, because they could save your neck. In some places custom ruled that if a person was condemned to hang, he or she was allowed to ask a riddle. If no one could guess the correct answer, the person’s neck (life) would be spared.

You can still hear some of those old neck riddles in Kentucky. Early settlers brought them from Europe and Britain. People just kept saying them, but Americans did not use them to save their necks! Here is one that is popular in Kentucky.

Love I sit, Love I stand,

Love I hold in my right hand,

Love I see in yonder tree.

Unriddle this riddle, and you can hang me.

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