IN PROVERBS AND RIDDLES 115 



A spinner who spins not 



And cures not in March ; 



Comes from the sea, flies to the sea, 



Builds her home without hearth, 



Without spade, without mattock, 



And without help of male. 



Chirrichiz ! 



In the island of Sardinia there runs a pretty- 

 riddle, which has for answer, " The Swallow's 



Nest " : — 



I know a palace 

 All made of lace, 

 All made of lace ; 

 No stone, nor plaster — 

 Guess what it is. 

 Guess what it is — 

 No plaster, nor stone. 



