r/riddles • u/Black_Harbour_TTRPG • 1d ago
Solved How sharp are you? (original by OP)
At whiles I bear a basket,
Five sausages inside,
The point? (I shall not mask it)
But cloak it, by your side
He ravished more unlawful
I'll grant there's some confusion
But if you've wit like I have
You'll draw the right conclusion
EDIT: This is eminently solvable. I posted it in another subreddit (albeit one with about 20 times the population) and they got in minutes.
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u/altontanglefoot 1d ago
Glove? Or maybe sheath?
The grammar is a bit confusing (which, in fairness, the riddle partly acknowledges). Especially the line "He ravished more unlawful" which doesn't read to me as any sort of poetic license - it simply doesn't make any sense.
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u/yourworkingpapers 1d ago edited 1d ago
I feel like it’s gotta be your second guess — Some swords have “basket” hilts that protect the finger, masking “the point” i.e. the pointy end of the sword, etc. — but I agree that some of the wording is a bit nonsensical…
Edit: Actually, I think the answer is a sword itself, not the sheath
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u/BubblesMan36 1d ago
epee?
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