nytimes September 11, 2021 11:00pm What Has One Eye and 1,200 Heads? An Old English Riddle, That’s What! #booksandliterature #englishlanguage #crosswordpuzzles #greatbritain #theoldenglishandanglolatinriddletraditionbook #orchardandy #news What Has One Eye and 1,200 Heads? An Old English Riddle, That’s What! Riddles are as old as the English language and, as Adrienne Raphel explains, can tell us a lot about Anglo-Saxon culture — as long as we are able to solve them.