Riddles in the Downs

[Huinesoron]

Originally Posted by Urwen

Or maybe 'codwalion', gnomish word for chestnut. Chest could be the box, and nut does grow on trees.

"Oh my God!" I hear them cry
(or perhaps my ears deceive me):

ormagod n. “a (Spanish) chestnut”

All the gnomes, I think, and sigh,
Yell "Codswallop!" when they see me.

codwalion n. “walnut, chestnut”

I am the front that grows on the trees,

Chest - the front part of the torso. Nut - a thing that grows on trees.

The box that makes some wheezy.

Chest - a box. Nut - something that many people are allergic to.

Am I for beasts or am I quite sweet?

Horse chestnut - Aesculus hippocastanum. Sweet chestnut - Castanea sativa. The two 'chestnuts' of the British Isles.

Not sure - but I'm certainly easy!

"This he thought a dreadfully easy chestnut, though he had not asked it in the usual words." ~The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien

The answer is indeed CHESTNUT. Over to you.

hS

(PS: Eldamo gives over 3000 Gnomish words, including seven meaning 'chestnut'.)