Main Street Calumet Market presents August riddle

CALUMET -- The Main Street Calumet Market, usually held Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., will open immediately after the parade on Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012, as part of the annual Heritage Celebration at Agassiz Park in downtown Calumet, Michigan. The parade will start at 11 a.m.

The first three children 12 or under, with a parent or guardian, who correctly answer this riddle for the Main Street Calumet Market manager will win a prize (parents can help):

A shoemaker makes shoes without leather,
With four elements all together,
Fire, Water, Earth, Air,
And every customer takes two pair.

For information or questions about the market or Heritage Celebration, please contact Main Street Calumet at 906-337-6246 or ereese@mainstreetcalumet.com.

Main Street Calumet Market's June riddle is here

CALUMET -- The Main Street Calumet Market is ready with its June riddle. See if you can find the key that makes this accurate statement make sense:

Every lady in this land
Has twenty nails, upon each hand
Five, and twenty on hands and feet:
All this is true, without deceit.

The first 3 children 12 or under, accompanied by a parent or guardian, who give the correct answer to the Main Street Calumet Market manager on Saturday, June 9, 2012, will win a prize. Parental help is encouraged. The market, located at 200 Fifth St. on the corner of Fifth and Portland Streets in downtown Calumet, Michigan, features seasonal produce, crafts by area artisans and a variety of products by local businesses. It is held every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and the first Friday of each month from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Answer to the May Market Riddle:

Congratulations to the winners of the Main Street Calumet Market  Riddle Contest for May.
The May riddle was this:

 Little Nancy Etticoat
 In a white petticoat,
 And a red nose.
 The longer she stands
 The shorter she grows.

 Answer: A candle.

Main Street Calumet Market Riddle for May

CALUMET -- The first 3 children 12 or under, accompanied by a parent or guardian, who give the correct answer to the Main Street Calumet Market manager on Saturday, May 12, 2012, will win a prize (your parents can help). Good Luck!

Here's the riddle:

Little Nancy Etticoat
In a white petticoat,
And a red nose.
The longer she stands
The shorter she grows.
  
The Main Street Calumet Market is held every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and the first Friday of each month from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at 200 Fifth St. (corner of Fifth and Portland Streets) in downtown Calumet, Michigan.

For information or questions about the market please contact Main Street Calumet at 906-337-6246 or ereese@mainstreetcalumet.com.

Answer to Main Street Calumet Market April Riddle Contest

CALUMET -- There were no winners of April’s Main Street Calumet Market Riddle Contest, but a tip of the hat to all the kids and their parents who came to last Saturday’s market and gave it a try. Keep an eye on local media sources, including Keweenaw Now and mainstreetcalumet.org, for May’s riddle.

The Main Street Calumet Market is held every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and the first Friday of each month from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at 200 Fifth Street in downtown Calumet, Michigan (corner of Fifth and Portland Streets). The market features local products, crafts and seasonal produce. The riddle and its solution follows:

In marble walls as white as milk,
Lined with a skin as soft as silk;
Within a fountain crystal clear,
A golden apple doth appear.
No doors there are to this stronghold.
Yet things break in and steal the gold.

Solution: The same as for the much better known riddle Humpty Dumpty -- an egg.

Solve Main Street Calumet's Market Riddle and win a prize!

CALUMET -- Can you solve the Main Street Calumet Market Riddle for April? The first 3 children 12 or under, accompanied by a parent or guardian, who give the correct answer to the Main Street Calumet Market manager on Saturday, April 7, 2012, will win a prize (parents can help).

The Main Street Calumet Market is held every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and the first Friday of each month from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The market -- which features local products, crafts and seasonal produce -- is located at 200 Fifth St. (corner 5th and Portland Streets) in downtown Calumet. For additional information about the market please call 906-337-6246 or email ereese@mainstreetcalumet.org.

Here's the riddle:

In marble walls as white as milk,
Lined with a skin as soft as silk;
Within a fountain crystal clear,
A golden apple doth appear.
No doors there are to this stronghold.
Yet things break in and steal the gold.

Editor's Note: This is a tough challenge so we're posting it right away to give you a few days to figure it out! Remember to keep your answer secret until you go to the market on Saturday!