A classy riddle from “The Young Ladies Journal”, February 1st 1870.
Can you guess it?
My first is a vegetable well known to all;
My second’s an insect tiny and small;
My whole forms one of a large class in this nation;
Tho’ rather low down in the scale is his station.
2 replies on “Friday Fun – Riddle-me-ree, 1870”
I’ve been pondering this one and I’ve no idea!
A clue – help, I’m being oppressed!