Bryant, Sara Cone. Stories to Tell to Children: Fifty-One Stories With Some Suggestions for Telling
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TWO LITTLE RIDDLES IN RHYME1



There's a garden that I ken,
Full of little gentlemen;
Little caps of blue they wear,
And green ribbons, very fair.
(Flax.)


From house to house he goes,
A messenger small and slight,
And whether it rains or snows,
He sleeps outside in the night.
(The path.)


[1] These riddles were taken from the Gaelic, and are charming examples of the naïve beauty of the old Irish, and of Dr. Hyde's accurate and sympathetic modern rendering. From ``Beside the Fire'' (David Nutt, London).