Editing Riddle (section)

=== Person-riddle ===
The most famous example of this type is the [[riddle of the Sphinx]]. This Estonian example shows the pattern:
{{Verse translation|
{{lang|et|Hommikul käib nelja,
lõuna-ajal kahe,
õhtul kolme jalaga}}
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It goes in the morning on four feet,
at lunch-time on two,
at evening on three<ref>Antti Aarne, ''Vergleichende Rätselforschungen'', 3 vols, Folklore Fellows Communications, 26–28 (Helsinki/Hamina: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1918–20), II 3–23 (p. 12).</ref>}}
The riddle describes a crawling baby, a standing person, and an old person with a walking stick.