Answer:
I have legs but walk not, a strong back but work not. Two good arms but reach not. A seat but sit and tarry not.
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
A harvest sown and reaped on the same day in an unplowed field. Which increases without growing, remains whole though it is eaten within and without. Is useless and yet the staple of nations.
What is that over the head and under the hat?
What gets wetter as it dries?
I fly to any foreign parts assisted by my spreading wings. My body holds an hundred hearts Nay I will tell you stranger things when I am not in haste I ride and then I mend my pace anon.