110 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.8.. XIII, 



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Translation . 



(8) 1. The girl lives below the ground, 



2. (And) wears rags very tightly. 



3. (Although) the barber does not shave her (lit., does 



not touch her), and the washerman does not wash 

 (her clothes) , 



4. Still the girl lives clean and spruce. 

 \nswer.— The onion and the gallic. 



Note. 



The most distinguishing feature of an onion or a garlic is 

 that the fleshy layers of these succulent vegetables overlap 

 each other. These have been likened to the rags which a poor 

 girl wears tightly tied over her person. This distinguishing 

 feature of the onion has also been pointed out in the under- 

 mentioned Parsee riddles published at page 412 of the Bomba.x 



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clothes (i.e., layers)." 

 Answer.— Onion. 



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(b) " Coat over coat do I put on and hot-tempered am I : 

 lo some do I appear white, to others even red." 



Answer. Onion. 



It has also been pointed out in the following Hindi riddle 

 numbered 28 in my J.A.S.B. collection :- 



" She is the daughter ot a king, and the grand daughter of 



Humel 



Huinel. 



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Answer.— Onion. 



The philological peculiarities of the foregoing Sylhet riddle 

 The word tern (^n) mea ns « a rag " ; pindhe (ft*) means 

 " ; chhaya («*) means « ((ruches "; dhnyn (yv) means 



wears 



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