1917.) Riddles Current in the District of Sy I het. 117 



Translation. 

 (21) (It is a thing) made up of a first, a second and a third 



piece. 



A live charcoal is brought and placed on its top. 

 Answer. — The hubble-bubble and the chill am, 



- Note. 



The first piece of the hubble-bubble is its bowl containing 

 water; the second piece is its tube standing upright on the 

 bowl ; and the third ^is the chillam (or the small pan containing 

 the tobacco and live charcoal heaped therein) on the top of the 

 tube. Compare this riddle from Sylhet with the Hindi riddles 

 Xos. 43, 44 and 45 of my J.A.S.B. collection, and with the 

 Kashmiri riddle No. 96 of Knowles' collection. 



The most interesting philological feature of this riddle k 



the expression phuri angtar goda (^fk <*f*n; *teT) which means 

 ' : a piece of live charcoal." 





Translation. 



(22) One rod ; the rod bears (at its end) a dead (worm) ; 

 the dead (worm) catches a live (fish). 

 Answer. — An angling hook. 



Note. 

 The word guja (apiT), in this riddle, means n fishing-rod '; 

 mara (jujj) means ' a dead worm. '; and jita (f*W) means a 

 live fish.' 



T.WIX *l#lT *T1Hn£ *?JT*1TT*T W I 

 TfTSIH: ZW* *f« W mti ^** w • 



Translation. 



pal 



(23) A cow with curved horns 



en tie 



Ana, alter ua,vuigp'»" 



thousand rupees, wants to eat more. 



Answer -A hone for pounding spices upon 



Note. 



.- ,....ological noveMes of this riddle »re the word, 

 m*»- JtanTC) ««» ^n^naiya (.«*wm). The former 



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