236. Flour from England, fruits from Spain,

All met together in a shower of rain;

Had on a napkin tied with a string,—

If you tell me this riddle, I’ll give you a ring.

—Duckanoo (pudding boiled in a cloth).

237. I was going through a field of wheat,

I picked up something nice to eat;

It was neither feather, flesh nor bone,

But I kept it till it walk alone.[78]

—Egg.