Are you a h'wip?

Oh, that's a good one. But, I think I got it: Is it fire?

Oops, I didn't see the word whip in the riddle.  Yeah, I agree with Froggychum.

It's actually "flame," but I guess fire is close enough. A flame "licks." (A fire "bites.")
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Five oxen lead,
Driving a long tipped plough;
From mind's recesses,
Black seeds does it sow,
To see, to enlighten, to show.

No guesses on this? It's a metaphorical riddle

This is a puzzling one, I've thought about it for a few minutes twice now, and I'm positively stuck on the riddle. I can't find to fit it's pieces together. I'm trying to think of things I know have 'five of them' or something... Here's a few ideas, though I don't think any of them are right (cause they don't seem to fit)

 - Human Hands?
 - Pentagrams (dark seeds do they sow)
 - Some sort of symbol, probably. I'm really bad at imagery!

I'm trying hard for symbols, without googling the first two lines (in case i spoil it for myself)

Ugh, five-oxen-lead... A star has five points, right? Maybe specifically, the star of david... Or does that have 7 points?

I'm also thinking about the five colors of magic (in Magic TCG), and maybe even the planeswalker symbol from aforementioned game... But that seems super specific

You know, maybe it's a verb, I originally though the last line was vageuly about the thing, but maybe it's actually a synonym... or something closer than 'vague descriptor' like i'd assumed.

'From mind's recesses,' might be the hardest one for me...

I mean, maybe Santa Clause is the answer (i didn't guess that cause i'm pretty sure he has like 7 or 12 reindeer or something, dont really remember without singing the song to myself... its more than 5 tho, even without rudolph)

I've got a feeling that 'Driving a long tipped plough;' is the biggest hint in the poem, but i dunno man, all these stanzas are tough to fit together!

Black seeds could be animal droppings, but that's a bit too crude, probably.

Aghhh! Tell me if i got close :)

You are right that five oxen lead stands for human fingers/hand. But that:s not the answer to the riddle.

Hmm... a tool of some kind, then?

Maybe a pencil, a pen or some other kind of writing utensil? That fits pretty well, i think.

This isn't as long as my last post, but this is my big idea, right now.

You're getting close...the answer is an action, not a noun

Drawing, writing, painting, etc?

Hmmm... definitely something to do with hands revealing stuff... but black seeds.... hrggh

it might just be a synonym for enlighten/show...

Random guesses floating about in my head; spellcasting/rhyming/trickery/sleight

IDK, I didn't sleep tonight, i'm out of ideas, I think.

I think you got it. It's "writing with a pen." You put the black marks (seeds) with the plough (pen) led by five oxen (fingers)...


Five oxen lead, (Your fingers lead the pen)
Driving a long tipped plough; (The tipped pen)
From mind's recesses, (Thoughts from your mind...)_
Black seeds does it sow, (Making black words on paper)
To see, to enlighten, to show (The purpose of the words)
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That was a really good riddle! It took me A LOT of hints to figure out, meaning it was challenging. IMO, it was also interesting, I really wanted to figure it out.

Bravo.

If I exist, you know me,
But when I don't, you don't,
But even then, you see,
You may once have known me;
And though I live always in the past,
I may be bad, neutral or even a blast.

wow. this one is tough. I'm really bad at riddles like this (don't know what I mean by that, but this sure as hell strikes me as something I'd have trouble with)

I have a single idea... My guess is memories. It seems to fit really well, but if that's not it then I'm *really* not sure.

I'm confident it's a mind thing... or maybe a metaphysical thing... something... not entirely physical, from the description. I guess it's technically a 'What am I?' riddle, which I'm confident in, but the answer isn't something like 'Penguin' or 'Tower'... yikes. Visualization isn't helping. So I got just (1) guess.

Yes, "memories" is correct

I have teeth,
But I cannot a morsel eat;
I can turn,
Without legs or even feet;
My skeleton,
When I have one,
Can be a boon
To every thief.

A lock?

A key? A comb? A lockpick?

Key is correct.

Has teeth, turns, and a "skeleton key" opens all locks.

Good riddle! I didn't actually have any idea until FourLegged said 'lock', I wasn't even paying attention to the thief part, TBH. My only idea was comb, so I didn't post anything right away.

This one was really neat. Man, skeleton keys are SO cool!

Nice to hear you are enjoying them. I try to create one or two a week.

In reply to Froggychum (msg # 70):

Glad to help

Your guess was the key to him getting the answer locked up.

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