Rhyming Riddle 15

Here is today's riddle:

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I am a flag; my color's red;
I wave in a cave inside your head.
White horses all around me stand,
Who champ and stamp at your command.
Who am I?

clue:

It hurts you if you bite me.

clue:

It's important to brush the horses every day.

clue:

It's very wet inside the cave.

reveal/hide answer

Your tongue.

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This is one of my favorite traditional riddles. I like even better the ones where "it" is a lady in a red dress, dancing, but this idea of a flag is very nice too. We usually say "chomp" instead of "champ," but the phrase "champing at the bit" is a phrase we still use!

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