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Thread #81254 Message #1486587
Posted By: Emma B
17-May-05 - 12:08 PM
Thread Name: Origins: magic flower refrains
Subject: RE: Origins: magic flower refrains
Child observes that riddlecraft is practised by a number of preternatural beings. In "Riddles Wisely Expounded" and in some versions of "The Elfin Knight" (the origin of Scarborough Fair presumably) the riddle-monger is the Devil.