19 17. J Riddles Current in the District of Sylhet. 1 15 



when an egg is held in a strong light, it emits a golden effulgence 

 To my mind, the Parsee riddle about an egg, published at page 

 415 of Vol. X. of the Bombay Anthropological Society 's Journal, 

 is more expressive of its appearance and attributes. It is a> 

 follows : — 



" There is a jar which contains two kinds of uhee or clari- 

 ied butter." Answer. — An egg. 



Then I come to class — 



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(111). Articles of Furniture am» Household 



Implements. 



UTW* *r%* Wfe f^% %T IT *T*r ^Tf| | 

 *Q\lt*: m^T. Wf& fc% *^T5rt% 1§T? I 



*Tl*fo ^^R $lf? t^% *ra-3jiDT7nir jits I 



Translation. 



(18) (1) The thing, of which the name consists of three 



letters, is to be found in every house. 



(2) Nobody goes near what is left, if you omit the last 



letter. 



(3) Everybody eats what is left, if you omit the first letter, 



(4) If you omit the midmost letter, (what remains) sin^ 



the praises of Rama. 



Answer. — A bed. 



Note. 



It the last letter tia ( 



ffWT 



which means '■ a centipede ," is left. Of course, nobody come 



near 



If the first. 



letter bi (fa) is omitted, the word chhana (WWT 



cream 



Everybody eats it. If the midmost 

 letter chlia. (WT) is omitted, the word Una- (ftwi) is left. It 

 means 'an Indian lyre " to the accompaniment of which hymn* 

 in praise of Rama and other religious songs are sung. 



(Xs.) sirT^TiT ffhrfa "n* ms* i* 



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fiwr fr*m *n^ erri^iT anrc w i 



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