MediumLong Riddle
Those wooden birds are now in sight whose voices roar, whose wings are white, whose maws are fill'd with hose and shoes, with wine, cloth, sugar, salt and news, when they have eas'd their stomachs here they cry farewell, until next year.
Riddle
Those wooden birds are now in sight whose voices roar, whose wings are white, whose maws are fill'd with hose and shoes, with wine, cloth, sugar, salt and news, when they have eas'd their stomachs here they cry farewell, until next year.
Choose an answer
A.barges
B.galleons
C.trading vessels
D.ships
Hint: It's a word with 5 letters, starting with "S".
Answer
ships
Why this is the answer
This old riddle describes wooden sailing ships with roaring cannons, white sails ('wings'), and cargo holds ('maws') full of goods that unload at port before sailing off again.
This riddle is filed under Long Riddles and rated Medium.