Tying together all the answers, the solution to the missing riddle is
Fish on a little one-legged table, man at table sitting on a three-legged stool; the cat gets the bones.
Explanation:
The solution to each of these riddles is also the solution to one of the riddles posed in the fifth chapter of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, titled "Riddles in the Dark". There are a total of 10 "riddles" posed in that chapter. The only one that doesn't have a corresponding answer here is the following:
No-legs lay on one-leg, two legs sat near on three legs, four legs got some.
The solution to this (rather unsatisfying) riddle is mentioned above. Please refer to the link above to see the rest of the riddles from the book.
We can also determine that the title of the puzzle likely stands for "Tricky Tolkien Tribute (or Humble Hobbit Homage)".
The solutions to Hugh's 9 riddles (with thanks to others for most of them -- please upvote their answers):
- Urging on at every race
Embarrassment upon your face
Every beggar has me, then
Ragged, I go back again.
- solved by Deusovi
- A palindrome when lacking height
The upper dogs may well have sight
And back behind, well, from the sound
They're hunting mammals underground
- solved by M Oehm
- I was applied to clocks of old
The answer's mine as singers told
I'm named by from, not going to
When out of me your race is through
- solved by M Oehm
- Fusion powered monster glaring from above
Margarita eyes him, feeding on his love
Healthy green her body, yellow is her heart
Blazing is the monster, fire in every part.
- solved by M Oehm
- A ray I was, I rocked the place
Yes, I had soul. I played the bass
A man of scales, my angle's good.
Reveal my name? Well, if I should...
- solved by Deusovi
- Many sizes, many names
I've inspired many games
Many climates, many states
Tall and mighty, made by plates
- solved by puzzledPig
- Nothing to look at, delightful to hold.
The key to my nature is written on gold.
- Solution/Explanation:
The solution to this is The One Ring. The ring referred to in The Hobbit renders the wearer invisible ("nothing to look at"). Other interpretations: the ring appears to be a plain gold band, and rings are circular like the number zero. Once someone possesses it, it is very hard for them to give it up ("delightful to hold"). The ring is golden, and contains an inscription describing its nature.
- I might be applied to a tally of years,
A steed or a horseman or, yes, even beers.
I may well be named as the cause of ho-hos
As he who examines the calendar knows.
- Solution/Explanation:
The solution to this is Dark. The Dark Ages are a "tally of years". A steed is a horse, hence "dark horse" a knight is a horseman so "dark knight" and "dark beer". Dark humour might be the cause of "ho-hos" (laughs). One who "examines the calendar" may be overly preoccupied with death, a common subject of dark humour. There may be a reference to "dark days" or perhaps OP is merely struggling with the difficulties of rhyme and meter. The solution is also hidden in: "calendar knows".
- I write my name to rule the song.
Go back, give out. I say how long.
I may be called, I may be cut.
I may be done when bars are shut.
- solved by M Oehm
