To answer questions about
The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin,
please sign up.
Johnny
Considering that the riddles were published well over a hundred years ago and are in the copyright-free public domain, here are all of them:
Riddle #1:
"Riddle me, riddle me, rot-tot-tote!
A little wee man, in a red red coat!
A staff in his hand, and a stone in his throat;
If you'll tell me this riddle, I'll give you a groat."
Answer: Cherry
Riddle #2:
“Old Mr. B! Riddle-me-ree!
Hitty Pitty within the wall,
Hitty Pitty without the wall;
If you touch Hitty Pitty,
Hitty Pitty will bite you!”
Answer: Nettle
Riddle #3:
“A house full, a hole full!
And you cannot gather a bowl-full!”
Answer: Smoke
Riddle #4:
“The man in the wilderness said to me,
‘How may strawberries grow in the sea?’
I answered him as I thought good—
‘As many red herrings as grow in the wood.”’
Answer: As many red herrings as grow in the wood.
Riddle #5:
“Old Mr. B! riddle-me-ree!
Flour of England, fruit of Spain,
Met together in a shower of rain;
Put in a bag tied round with a string,
If you’ll tell me this riddle,
I’ll give you a ring!”
Answer: Plum-Pudding
Riddle #6:
“Hum-a-bum! Buzz! Buzz! Hum-a-bum buzz!
As I went over Tipple-tine
I met a flock of bonny swine;
Some yellow-nacked, some yellow backed!
They were the very bonniest swine
That e’er went over the Tipple-tine.”
Answer: Bees
Riddle #7:
“Humpty Dumpty lies in the beck,
With a white counterpane round his neck,
Forty doctors and forty wrights,
Cannot put Humpty Dumpty to rights!”
Answer: Eggs
Riddle #8:
“Old Mr. B! Old Mr. B!
Hickamore, Hackamore, on the King’s kitchen door;
All the King’s horses, and all the King’s men,
Couldn’t drive Hickamore, Hackamore,
Off the King’s kitchen door!”
Answer: Sunbeam
Riddle #9:
“Authur O’Bower has broken his band,
He comes roaring up the land!
The King of Scots with all his power,
Cannot turn Arthur of the Bower!”
Answer: Wind
Note: The answers to all the riddles are actually included within the story themselves. If you take a look, on the same page as the riddles there is an italicized word, and that would be the answer.
Riddle #1:
"Riddle me, riddle me, rot-tot-tote!
A little wee man, in a red red coat!
A staff in his hand, and a stone in his throat;
If you'll tell me this riddle, I'll give you a groat."
Answer: Cherry
Riddle #2:
“Old Mr. B! Riddle-me-ree!
Hitty Pitty within the wall,
Hitty Pitty without the wall;
If you touch Hitty Pitty,
Hitty Pitty will bite you!”
Answer: Nettle
Riddle #3:
“A house full, a hole full!
And you cannot gather a bowl-full!”
Answer: Smoke
Riddle #4:
“The man in the wilderness said to me,
‘How may strawberries grow in the sea?’
I answered him as I thought good—
‘As many red herrings as grow in the wood.”’
Answer: As many red herrings as grow in the wood.
Riddle #5:
“Old Mr. B! riddle-me-ree!
Flour of England, fruit of Spain,
Met together in a shower of rain;
Put in a bag tied round with a string,
If you’ll tell me this riddle,
I’ll give you a ring!”
Answer: Plum-Pudding
Riddle #6:
“Hum-a-bum! Buzz! Buzz! Hum-a-bum buzz!
As I went over Tipple-tine
I met a flock of bonny swine;
Some yellow-nacked, some yellow backed!
They were the very bonniest swine
That e’er went over the Tipple-tine.”
Answer: Bees
Riddle #7:
“Humpty Dumpty lies in the beck,
With a white counterpane round his neck,
Forty doctors and forty wrights,
Cannot put Humpty Dumpty to rights!”
Answer: Eggs
Riddle #8:
“Old Mr. B! Old Mr. B!
Hickamore, Hackamore, on the King’s kitchen door;
All the King’s horses, and all the King’s men,
Couldn’t drive Hickamore, Hackamore,
Off the King’s kitchen door!”
Answer: Sunbeam
Riddle #9:
“Authur O’Bower has broken his band,
He comes roaring up the land!
The King of Scots with all his power,
Cannot turn Arthur of the Bower!”
Answer: Wind
Note: The answers to all the riddles are actually included within the story themselves. If you take a look, on the same page as the riddles there is an italicized word, and that would be the answer.
About Goodreads Q&A
Ask and answer questions about books!
You can pose questions to the Goodreads community with Reader Q&A, or ask your favorite author a question with Ask the Author.
See Featured Authors Answering Questions
Learn more