An Old Riddle
“The Berkshire Book of Song, Khyme and Steeple Chime” quotes the appended riddle, first heard at Coleshill Forest in 1830:
When first the marriago knot was tied between my wife and me,
My age exceeded hers as much as three times three does three. But when ten and a half ten years we man and wife had been, Her age approached as near to mine as eight' does to sixteen.”
Here’s the solution. A 45-year-old bridegroom married a bride of 15. After 15 years the husband was 60 and the wife 30.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 9, 11 January 1936, Page 10
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95An Old Riddle Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 9, 11 January 1936, Page 10
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