Riddle Riddle Ri such a riddle could not be ; through a rock, through a reel, through an old spinning wheel, through a basin full of pepper, through an old cow's leather, through a horse's (a) shin bone, Riddle me that and I will let you alone.
Answer - lightning
As I was going to the fair of Athy (I met)
I met nine tinkers and their wives.
Each tinker had a bag.
In every bad there was a cat, and
every cat had a kitten
Tinkers, cats, kitten's, and wive's hair
many went to the fair of Athy.
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