Braingle: '32 White Horses..' Riddle

32 White Horses..

Riddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.

Puzzle ID:	#404
Fun:	(2.32)
Difficulty:	(1.84)
Category:	Riddle
Submitted By:	Phyllis
Corrected By:	phrebh

32 white horses upon a red hill
Now they tramp
Now they champ
Now they stand still.
What are they?

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stephiesd Dec 18, 2005	I don't get it. "champ" and "tramp" ?? i've heard other versions of this that made more sense.
musicmaker21113 Jan 12, 2006	Maybe "stomp" and "chomp"?
Atropus Feb 12, 2006	This is an old, old riddle and it is used by Bilbo Baggins in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. Different versions either use "Thirty White Horses" or "Twenty White Horses"... which is less accurate but scans better. The 20 White Horses version is a nursery rhyme about baby teeth.
elshawno May 19, 2006	right... but why horses? couldn't it be dogs or something...? or wolves? wwhy horses?
spazzyjazzy93 Jun 14, 2006	i think the "tramp" and "champ" represent someone chewing
redhead_babe15 Jan 07, 2007	i wouldnt have thought of teeth!
tintiniscool Apr 28, 2007	Yay! I got it!