1887.] 
J. Hinton Knowles -—Kashmiri Riddles. 
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Shestrov pheran tali Jchar chhukho ; 
Tah garah garah padshdh chhuJeho ; 
Making a noise, yon are a god; 
A cup in your lap, you are a guest; 
A basket on your back, you are a potter ; 
A stick in your band, you are a messenger; 
Ashes before you, you are a sannydsi ; 
An iron garment over you, you are a blacksmith ; 
You are a king in every house. 
Ans. Grattah, a handmill. 
Dai is esteemed as a god in the house and sometimes worshipped. 
Cf. Panjdb Notes and Queries, Yol. Ill, 84. 
The cup in the lap, i. e., the hole in the upper mill-stone (called 
auhulc) in which the grain is placed. 
Yat a cone-shaped basket used by potters for carrying their wares 
to the market. The hole into which the handle of the upper mill¬ 
stone fits (gud) is supposed to be like this. 
A stick in your hand, refers to this handle, called damn in Kash¬ 
miri. 
The ashes of course refer to the dust that gathers before the mill¬ 
stone. 
The garment of i*sm, i. e., the upper mill-stone. 
12, Sard ausum; sard xusum; sarav khutah bud; 
Mans watis nah to phul aud. 
I’ve got a tank ; I’ve got a tank ; it is greater than other tanks ; 
And yet it will not contain half a sesame flower. 
Ans. Bab, a nipple, an udder. 
Tel phul is the Sesamum orientate. 
This is also a proverb and quoted concerning a big, fat, man—with 
no brains. 
13, Herih wutsh hakar bunah rat shathan. 
A log of wood descended from above and was stopped (lit. seized) 
by the sand. 
Ans. Kangdi, a (man’s) comb, (stopped by tangled hair). 
14, Saras andar mdmani piydyih; 
Wadavih gas, tsup henih dyih. 
Aunt gave birth to a child in the lake ; 
We went to congratulate her and she came to bite us. 
Ans. Pambah lulchar, the nut-case of tlie Kuryale ferox, an 
aquatic plant, the seeds of which are eaten by the natives of the valley. 
Its broad, round, leaf lies on the water like that of the lotus, its 
