At The Sound Of Me, Men May Dream
At the sound of me, men may dream
Or stamp their feet
At the sound of me, women may laugh
Or sometimes weep
Music.
Slice My Head
You use a knife to slice my head and weep beside me when I’m dead.
An onion.
I Am Both Safe and Secure
As a whole, I am both safe and secure.
Behead me, I become a place of meeting.
Behead me again, I am the partner of ready.
Restore me, I become the domain of beasts.
Stable. A table is a place of meeting. Able and ready is a common phrase, and a stable is where beasts reside (beasts of burden, not beasts like the one in Beauty and the Beast who lived in a glorious castle but the west wing was forbidden to enter until Belle…I’ve said too much!).
Seasons, Seconds, Centuries and Minutes
What is in seasons, seconds, centuries and minutes but not in decades, years or days?
The letter “n”.
What Every Man Has and Gives To Their Wife
What does every man have, some longer or shorter than others and they give it to their wife when they get married?
Note: This may not be appropriate for younger ages.
A last name.
Long and Thin
Long and thin, red within,
With a nail at the end.
What am I?
A finger.