As I Went Through the Garden Gap
Riddle
As I went through the garden gap*,
Who should I meet but Dick Red-cap!
A stick in his hand, a stone in his throat,
If you'll tell me this riddle, I'll give you a groat**.
Notes
*Gap here means an opening in the garden wall or hedge.
**A coin used in different countries, at different times, in Europe.
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Answer: A cherry.
Thanks and Acknowledgements
This rhyme can be found in The Nursery Rhyme Book, edited by Andrew Lang and illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke (1897), and in The Real Mother Goose (1916), illustrated by Blanche Fisher Wright.
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