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Fall and Break
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Riddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.Riddle
I break, she falls. I break, she falls. Who am I, and who is she?
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I am day, and she is night.Hide Answer Show Answer
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I enjoyed this teaser!
very creative riddle! I like it!
i loved it.. it was fantastic...
V. good!
You should say "it" falls not "she," otherwise it's incorrect. I spent a lot of time thinking about ice skaters and animals, things that have gender. Is your native language french?
That is creative as the day is a masculine and night is feminine.
I liked it alot. It was a fun teaser.
very clever.. didnt get it at all.. was thinking too much like the 'cradle will break, the baby will fall' nursery rhyme.. silly billy bear..
Very very good!
I thought "I" was a mirror and "she" was glass, lol!
I thought "I" was a mirror and "she" was glass, lol!
Almost poetic! Simple and strong. Thanks!
Since when is day male, and night female? Good quiz,but poor terminology.
Objectively speaking, not enough information to draw a conclusion from ... I give it an O for obtuse.
But I agree that cats are fun.
The way it is written implies that day breaking causes night to fall. Sorry, but I don't like this one.
Nice, but I thought it was a sidewalk and she was someone's mom.
That sidewalk breaks (a crack), then someone steps on it, and she (their mother) falls.
That sidewalk breaks (a crack), then someone steps on it, and she (their mother) falls.
I was thinking: Jack fell down & broke his crown and Jill came tumbling after. repeat
First I thought of a wave breaking and a water fall. Then I got it! I liked this teaser.
Yes, I'm afraid both the use of "who" and ascribing gender to intangibles was misleading, unless you are indeed a native European speaker, in which case the genders are somewhat understandable. Otherwise....
My compliments to the poster in front of me who got it!!
My compliments to the poster in front of me who got it!!
it was boring
I think there are too many possibilities for this teaser.
There may be a lot of other answers for this teaser, but it's creative how the night is a girl. And I got it right!
The gender thing threw me...my only thought was the bough breaking and a cradle falling.
I thought of Jack and Jill too.
That was fun - even if I got the answer wrong! I thought of the wind and a sail. If the wind blows, the sail stays up, but if it breaks the sail falls. Oh well.
I was thinking of a woman and the heels of her shoes
Doehead, the idea that day is masculine and night is feminine goes back at least to the ancient Egyptians, and was passed on to the Greeks, where Apollo was the god of the sun, or day, and Selene was the goddess of the moon, or night. The problem with inferring, in this puzzle, that the day is masculine, is that one must suppose that the speaker, "I," is a man, when the speaker might well be a woman.
Very poetic!
ThIs was a Ho Hum one! I loved the person's thought of the cradle breaking and the baby falls. That made a lot more sense.
I thought of Rock a Bye Baby, too - "when the bough breaks, the cradle will fall". I liked this teaser - thanks for posting!
Though I too found the ascribing of gender to the words a bit misleading, as was pointed out by someone else, in certain languages (French, German, Spanish, and Latin to name but a few) words have gender (or are neutral) so it could be a translation issue.
Like others, I was also thinking of Rock-a-bye-Baby then I thought London Bridge but couldn't think of what broke to make the bridge fall.
Like others, I was also thinking of Rock-a-bye-Baby then I thought London Bridge but couldn't think of what broke to make the bridge fall.
I know that people say that there is a man in the moon, buy I never heard that night was female. Of course we know that all the female witches come out at night!!!
I thought it had something to do with waves breaking and the ocean (water) falling back....I enjoyed all the possibilities this creative bunch has!
I also thought of Jack and Jill.
This one was easy for me. I'm surprised most people rate it difficult, since I usually am not very good at figuring them out! At first I was thinking egg shells/egg yolks, but then I got it. "Break" and "fall" are the key words (daybreak/nightfall), along with the cyclic repetition.
I got dawn and dusk, but it's the same thing. Nice teaser; I do like the creative license taken with "she."
I went with bough and baby, I think using "she " misleads! Use of IT........ is correct, and it lets a PROPER reasoning trail
The only thing that confused me was why is it necessary to repeat the phrase?
She's a lady and you are her shoe
@elentir: The phrase is repeated because the action is repeated....over and over and over and over and over again. Oh yeah I forgot, and over again.
(and over again)
(and over again)
Good one...but a lot a possible answers that fit. Mine was that I am her leg or ankle...and when I break, she falls. Or her crutch, after she has broken her leg.
The duplication reminded me of "Sunrise Sunset, Sunrise Sunset" Unfortunately, not until after I saw the answer. Perhaps a musical reference in the title or clue would have helped.
Sorry, too many possibilities for me; also had - 'Rock-A-Bye Baby', as one of them?
Love this one. I found it easy, but just because it happened to click for me. Some of the other answers could work if there was only one break/fall. I liked the rock-a-bye baby bough/cradle answer. But most were one time events, not the implied cycle. I liked the personification as well.
Perfect for me.
Perfect for me.
really smart at first i thought it was jack and jill like jack breaks one of his bones when he fallls down the hill and then jill falls too
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