128 J. Hinton Knowles— Kashmiri Biddles. [No. 3, 
Pheran (pirahan, Pers.) a long robe resembling a very full night¬ 
gown, worn by Kashmiris. 
7, Sunah sandis dabas, rupah sund than, 
Yus tath wate, sni pahalwan. 
A golden box with a silver lid ; 
He who can shut it is a brave fellow. 
Ans. Zamin tali unman , the earth and sky. 
8, Kdv aus kruhun tah wdwah suet dale; tulali chhum hit tai mulah 
chhum gub. 
The crow was black and it will shake with the wind ; its weight is 
light and its price is heavy. 
Ans. Gund, a tuft of heron’s feathers with which the bridegroom 
is adorned for the wedding. As many as three hundred feathers are 
sometimes worn, and as much as one rupee has been given for a feather. 
Rich people keep them hanging from the ceilings of their rooms from 
fear of the cat; but poor people can only afford to hire them. 
9, TUahwdn nechivis sunah sund tyuk. 
A golden tikd on (the face of) an oilman’s son. 
Ans. Dazawun tsong (diwd , Sansk.) , a lighted lamp. 
10, Plidt Mdj bihit tah Phati lair natsdn. 
Mother Phat is sitting down, and the daughter Phatali is dancing. 
Ans. Kui tah don the pot in which the butter is churned 
and the stick with which it is churned. Cf. Nos. 30, 34. 
The Kashmiri has a very ingenious way of making butter. When 
the milk is ready for clmrning, it is poured into a big vessel, in the 
cover of which there is a hole. In this hole a stick is placed. The 
part of the stick which is inside the vessel is thick, and the part 
outside the cover is thin. To this thin part a pioce of string is attached, 
and the ends of it the man, or tho woman, hold in their hands, and 
putting one foot upon the cover to steady it, twirl about the stick 
with the string, first pulling one end then the other till the butter 
is prepared. A slightly different custom prevails in India. 
Phdt and Phatali arc Kashmiri proper names. 
11, JJas, das karawun ddi chhuklio; 
Hrbih khos tah me/nndn chh uklio; 
Patalcini ya( tah Jcrdl chhuklio; 
Atliih lur tah piyddah chhuklio ; 
lironlhkani basavi tah siwiyds chhuklio ; 
