“He who makes it…” - A coffin, casket, funerary urn etc.
And “Elizabeth, Elspeth, Betty and Bess…” With the obvious exception of Elizabeth these are all variants/diminutives of the same name - Elizabeth. It’s only onne person known to a number of people a number of ways.
I’ve always heard it as two brothers guarding the doorways to Heaven and Hell. The one guarding Hell always lies and the one guarding Heaven is compulsively honest. You get to ask one question; what is it?
The answer is “which door would your brother choose?” This answer is predicated on the assumption that each brother would pick a different door. Without this assumption the riddle doesn’t work,
For my purposes the door on the left is good and the one on the right is bad.
The guy at the left door, knowing his brother wants to go to Hell, says “He would pick the right hand door.” and be telling the truth.
The guy at the right door, knowing his brother wants to go to Heaven, would say, “He would choose the right hand door.” and be lying.
You then pick the other door.
I guess you could also ask, “Which door would you pick?” and then, on rthe same logic, choose the door they agreed on.
Johnny’s mother had four children. The first three were named April, May and June. What was the name of the fourth child?
(My son’s third grade teacher asked this one. My son waited a full minute before answering to let anyone else get it right.)
What do I have in my pocket?
A coffin.
It’s used in a book I just finished reading.
Here’s another from the same scene.
He who makes it tells it not
He who takes it knows it not
And he who knows it wants it not.
My husband told me this one today. What’s red and smells like blue paint?
red paint
I’m going to guess: The Same Thing I Have In Mine 
Gah! And there I was, double checking to see if there was anyone as lame as me! How you doin’? 
Brothers and sisters have I none,
But this mans father is my fathers son
As I was going to St Ives
I met a man with seven wives
Each wife had seven sacks
Each sack had seven cats
Each cat had seven kits
Kits, cats, sacks and wives
How many were going to St Ives?
Myself
One - me
With substitution we can solve this.
Brothers and sisters have I none, but this man’s father is me.
I like the imagery of
a candle
whoot…my first spoiler [ / ] thingy!!
That’ll be Dream Park, the first, then. And your answer is funny money
Johnny