There was a man who had no eyes, He went abroad to view the skies; He saw a tree with apples on it, He took no apples off, yet left no apples on it. CCVIII. [Cleopatra.] The moon nine days old, The next sign to cancer; Pat rat without a tail;-- And now, sir, for your answer, CCIX. [A candle.] Little Nancy Etticoat, In a white petticoat, And a red nose; The longer she stands, The shorter she grows. CCX. [Pair of tongs.] Long legs, crooked thighs, Little head and no eyes. CCXI. [From MS. Sloane, 1489, fol. 16, written in the time of Charles I.] There were three sisters in a hall, There came a knight amongst them all; Good morrow, aunt, to the one, Good morrow, aunt, to the other, Good morrow, gentlewoman, to the third, If you were my aunt, As the other two be, I would say good morrow, Then, aunts, all three. CCXII. [Isabel.] Congeal'd water and Cain's brother, That was my lover's name, and no other. CCXIII. [Teeth and Gums.] Thirty white horses upon a red hill, Now they tramp, now they champ, now they stand still. CCXIV. [Coals.] Black we are, but much admired; Men seek for us till they are tired. We tire the horse, but comfort man Tell me this riddle if you can. CCXV. [A Star.] Higher than a house, higher than a tree; Oh, whatever can that be? CCXVI. [An Egg.] Humpty dumpty sate on a wall, Humpty dumpty had a great fall; Three score men and three score more Cannot place Humpty Dumpty as he was before. CCXVII. [The allusion to Oliver Cromwell satisfactorily fixes the date of the riddle to belong to the seventeenth century. The answer is, a rainbow.] Purple, yellow, red, and green, The king cannot reach it nor the queen; Nor can old Noll, whose power's so great: Tell me this riddle while I count eight. CCXVIII. Pease-porridge hot, pease-porridge cold, Pease-porridge in the pot, nine days old. Spell me _that_ without a P, And a clever scholar you will be. CCXIX. As I was going o'er Westminster bridge, I met with a Westminster scholar; He pulled off his cap _an' drew_ off his glove, And wished me a very good morrow. What is his name? CCXX. [A Chimney.] Black within, and red without; Four corners round about. CCXXI. There was a man rode through our town, Gray Grizzle was his name; His saddle-bow was gilt with gold, Three times I've named his name. CCXXII. [A Hedgehog.] As I went over Lincoln bridge I met mister Rusticap; Pins and needles on his back, A going to Thorney fair. CCXXIII. [One leg is a leg of mutton; two legs, a man; three legs, a stool; four legs, a dog.] Two legs sat upon three legs, With one leg in his lap; In comes four legs, And runs away with one leg. Up jumps two legs, Catches up three legs, Throws it after four legs, And makes him bring back one leg. CCXXIV.