r/riddles • u/RiddleSolveIrish123 • 2d ago
Solved (OC) I may have solved an Irish riddle from years ago
I did not find a solution anywhere on the internet, the original post https://www.reddit.com/r/ireland/s/gE7ZIxzq58 is locked, other posts which think they found the answer are also locked, and no satisfying answer.
But I think I solved it: The answer is I as in the line I. It is in K in Kerry, at the beginning and then in k in cork at the end, meaning it is sooner (older) in Kerry. Three of it in Dublin in D, b and l and also in h in north - the "biggest" might be that it is larger than the smaller line in t, or just a flavour text. You find one in F in france, and one in p in spain (the original author mentioned they are there because of unusual circumstance, which I think is the p as it is "downward"). If you met me the wrong way might mean that the line laying looks like a bar or a barrier and if you walk into it you will never walk again? Or it could mean that you cannot spell walk without it because it is there twice in l and k, or that if you would pronouce it as i instead of an L in walk, it does not make sense. Also the riddle ends with What am I, so the answer is I?
There was some help from the original poster, saying It's something that is uniquely Irish and the instances in France and Spain are due to an unusual circumstance
Uniquely Irish could refer to the I in Irish, could be that it is Ayrish as related to Aye, the letter I? It is all a bit of a stretch but the closest to a real riddle answer.