“I am in the fire, but not in the flame,
I belong to the master, but not to the dame;
I am in the church, but not in the steeple,
I belong to the parson, but not to the people.”
That’s one of the rhyming riddles you will find in 365 Days of Riddles: A Collection of Classic Rhyming Riddles to Sharpen Your Wits. Can you guess the answer?
Riddles have been testing the minds of people for centuries. In Greek mythology, Oedipus was presented with one of these mystifying questions by the Sphinx with an ultimatum: Solve it correctly or die. Street entertainers in the Middle Ages used to amuse people with these mind-boggling puzzles.
Even today, people still enjoy testing their wits with riddles. They are often found in the story line of well-known books such as The Hobbit and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. These tantalizing enigmas never seem to lose their appeal.
Riddles are good for your mind. They require the use of your problem solving skills and inductive reasoning abilities. You have to use your imagination to figure out the solution. Overall, they exceptional exercise for your brain.
365 Days of Riddles is designed to give your brain a good workout on a daily basis. You’ll discover that there is one riddle per calendar date. Since no days are assigned to these dates, you can use this calendar for any year and begin on any date.
This book is filled with time-honored riddles written in poetic, rhyming verse. It is a collection of classic enigmas, some of which go back centuries. They have been revitalized and refurbished to make them more appealing and easier to understand.
The Kindle version of this book is easy to navigate. A riddle is presented on one screen page and the answer is located on the next along with the next day’s question. There is no flipping back and forth between the riddle and a list of answers in the back of the book.
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