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Ambiguity, Classification and Change: The Function of Riddles (Popularity:  )
http://www.era.anthropology.ac.uk/Era_Resources/Era/Riddles/hamnet.html
Article by Ian Hamnett discussing how riddling reflects social structures, illustrated by Bantu riddles.
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Grecian Riddle-Jokes (Popularity: )
http://haldjas.folklore.ee/folklore/vol10/minorf.htm
Article by Evangelos Gr.Avdikos on riddle-jokes, which use word patching for parodying social situations.
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Mambila Riddle Machine (Popularity: )
http://www.era.anthropology.ac.uk/Era_Resources/Era/Riddles/
Interactive introduction to riddles collected in the village of Somié, Cameroon.
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Sexual Riddles: The Test of The Listener (Popularity: )
http://cc.joensuu.fi/~loristi/1_97/kai197.html
Article by Annikki Kaivola-Bregenhøj discussing the history and context of sexual riddles.
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Yahoo! Groups: ClassicRiddles (Popularity: )
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ClassicRiddles/
Forum keeping the classic rhyming riddles alive.
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Old English Riddles (Popularity: )
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~cpercy/courses/1001Brewer.htm
Paper by Hazel Brewer on the history of Old English riddles.
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Versification of Vietnamese Riddles (Popularity: )
http://www.geocities.com/chtn_nhatrang/riddles.html
Discussion by Cong-Huyen-Ton-Nu Nha-Trang on stylistic features as a means to distinguish the riddle from other genres of folk poetry.
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Homefun on Riddles (Popularity: )
http://www.siskiyous.edu/class/engl12/RIDDLES.htm
A guide to general questions about riddles, their significances, and forms.
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Aenigmata (Popularity: )
http://personal.bgsu.edu/~jmpfund/Aenigmata.html
The early Medieval riddle collections by Symphosius and Aldhelm (in Latin), with an introduction.
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Ancient Riddles (Popularity: )
http://www.telacommunications.com/misc/riddles.htm
Five traditional riddles with hints and answers.
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BS - Lawyer Riddles (Popularity: )
http://winn.com/bs/lawyer-riddles.html
Riddle-jokes for and about lawyers.
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Droodle Archive (Popularity: )
http://www.droodles.com/
Weekly archived riddles in pictures.
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Greek Spider (Popularity: )
http://www.greekspider.com/riddle_or_rhyme/
Handful of riddles, including the famous riddle of the Sphynx.
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Jokes for the ESL/EFL Classroom - Riddles (Popularity: )
http://iteslj.org/c/jokes-riddles.html
Small collection of riddle-jokes for students of English.
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Law Riddles (Popularity: )
http://www.vakilno1.com/lawriddles.html
Collection of riddle-jokes about lawyers.
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Letter Riddles (Popularity: )
http://www.justriddlesandmore.com/morelettriddles.html
Conundrums (wordplay riddles) compiled between 1850 and 1920.
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Puzzles by Lewis Carroll (Popularity: )
http://www.thinks.com/puzzles/carroll/carroll.htm
A decent choice of classic riddles.
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Random Riddles (Popularity: )
http://www.randomjoke.com/topic/riddles.php
Generates a random riddle-joke on each reload.
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Riddle Archive (Popularity: )
http://www.justriddlesandmore.com/riddlearchive.html
Riddles are listed by categories - classic, letter, ridiculous, and word.
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Riddle Me, Riddle Me, Riddle Me Ree (Popularity: )
http://www.enigmagraphics.com/riddles/
A collection of historial riddles with anwsers and hints on demand.
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