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P. Wagner —Kolarian Riddles 
[Extra No, 
81. Q.—Miyad horo doyasa’re 
datakanaP 
A .—Jati (patifya]). 
82. Q.—Miyad hathi duarre gota 
hormoe paromjana, batikam 
cha’lomre tekedjana P 
A .—Rinrin. 
88. Q. —Miyad Horo seno doe 
dariya, hiju do kae dariya ? 
A. —Sar (tutti); kaji. 
84. Q. —Miyad horo piri re dde 
biakangia orare doe chepa’- 
kangia ? 
A. —a’sar. 
85. Q. —Ni sendae, ni na’do 
hijulenae P 
A. —Med. 
86. Q. —Pragat neldtanko ayar- 
jomtanako, piagat ka nelo- 
tanko jaromtana ? 
A. —Lutnr menStanko ; lutnr 
banotanko. 
87. Q. —Miyad horoe isn pura 
kaklakS’, orare do mandi- 
mandite kepad boloae ? 
A. —Hake. 
Or also: 
Senoredoe hape hapete 
senoae, pirire doe kaklaka’P 
two heads are the ends turned 
over, to avoid unravelling. 
A man has teeth on his back P 
The grass-mat. The mats in com¬ 
mon use are of very rough 
make, only the surface is look¬ 
ing smooth. 
An elephant has passed with his 
whole body through the door, 
but his tail has been caught ? 
(lit. but he has been stopped 
on the tail.) 
The debt. 
Debts are not finished, that is the 
meaning, until the last farthing 
has been returned. 
A man can go out, but he cannot 
return ? 
The arrow ; the word. 
A man is satisfied when abroad, 
but hungry (lit. flat) when at 
home ? 
The bow. 
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How he is going away far off, now 
he returned ? 
The eye (seeing both things near 
and far away). 
The visible ones are begetting 
children; the invisible ones lay 
eggs P 
Beings with ears, beings without 
ears. 
A man makes great noise (in the 
forest), but entering home, he 
is silent? 
The axe. 
When going he is quite silent, but 
making great noise in the open 
field? 
