Posted by Eddie (137.189.247.80) on September 26, 2006 at 21:45:31:
In Reply to: Tricky riddle - What am I? posted by eddie on September 21, 2006 at 15:26:17:
: Anglo-Saxon Riddles, first published in England over 1000 years ago.
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: RIDDLE 44
: Swings by his thigh a thing most magical!
: Below the belt, beneath the folds
: Of his clothes it hangs, a hole in its front end,
: Stiff-set and stout, but swivels about.
: Levelling the head of this hanging instrument,
: Its wielder hoists his hem above the knee:
: It is his will to fill a well-known hole
: That it fits fully when at full length.
: He has often filled it before. Now he fills it again.
Answer: A key...