1917.] Riddles Current in the District of Sylhet. 123 



Translation. 



(32) Kuthd kuthd nava kuthd. It requires eighty thick 

 rattan canes. 



brother Kamla ! Hear me. One of the rattan canes has 

 got no fastening. 



Answer. — A house or hall. 



Note. 



1 have not been able to translate the words kuthd kuthd 

 nava kuthd. The meaning of the two lines composing this 

 riddle is verv obscure. 



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Translation. 



, (33) Awaking from sleep, (one has to place his) hand on it. 

 Answer. — The latch of a door. 



Note. 



As soon as a person awakes from sleep and has to go out- 

 side the room, he has to open the door by unfastening the latch 

 with his hand. 



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Translation. 



(34) Here I have cut down a tree. 



The tree went to a distant place named Bhanugachha. 



Answer. — A road. 



Note. 



The meaning of this riddle is far-fetched. On the other 

 hand , the undermentioned Parsee riddle about the road (pub- 

 lished at page 417 of Vol. X. of the Bombay Anthropological 

 Society's Journal) is more apposite :— " There is a substance 

 which, though it follows us wherever we go, is stationary. 



Answer. — The road. 



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