Riddle me riddle
Guess me this riddle
And perhaps not!
1. My father have a thing in his yard; nobody can ride him but little Johnny.
—Grass-quit riding a grass-stalk.
2. My father have a thing in his yard and never ride him till him back break.
—House-roof; a man sits astride it to mend the thatch.
3. My father have a little pony in him yard and there’s only one man, little Johnny, can ride it. Johnny ride with a pair of white reins and he go over a bridge.[1]
—Needle is the pony, thread the reins, the crooked finger is the bridge, and the thimble is Johnny.
4. My father has a horse in his yard; it jump an’ jump, an’ de rein get shorter an’ shorter.