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J. Hinton Knowles —Kashmiri Riddles. 
[No. 3, 
39, Dayih sanz Dayiygat; 
Zalari sanz chheh zaj ; 
Mdjih zewan gubur tali 
Gubaras zewan maj. 
(It is) the work of God ; 
It is a spider’s web ; 
The mother gives birth to a son, 
And the son gives birth to a mother. 
Ans. Al, a pnmpkin. 
The pnmpkin is a very favourite culinary vegetable with the Kash¬ 
miris and all orientals. Its stems twine and intertwine all over the place 
where it grows. Vide cucurbitacce in any botanical dictionary for a full 
description. 
40, Saras andar ndrah-tciki hand. 
A little plate of fire in the lake. 
Ans. Pamposh , the lotus. 
41, Wuzalis gdnas chliati Jcachih-puti. 
White lambs in a stall. 
Ans. Asas andar dand , the teeth in the mouth. 
Gan is the underground floor of the house, where the kine, etc. 
are sometimes housed. 
Kachili-put is old Kashmiri, and almost obsolete now,—the present 
words for lambs being chirrakat and chirr. 
42, Lam tal tham isor. 
Four pillars under a heap (of earth). 
Ans. Gov hanzah babah tsor , a cow’s four teats. Cf. No. 78. 
43, Sari, sari ayekliai , Padmani , ratit dyutmai dab. 
0 Padman, you came by way of the lake, and I laid hold of yon 
and throw you down. 
Ans. Klicni kadani , to blow one’s noso (nativo fashion). Vide 
Nos. 63 and 138. 
44, Chist dn janwar (or janwar) dijih dijah ; 
Andar clihus mdz tai nrbar adijah ? 
What is that animal (that can bo tossed) up and down ; 
Inside it is flesh and outside bones ? 
Ans. Rhid } an egg. 
45 , Mdji chhak rdn(as fall shuri divntdh. 
The mother is a devil and the children arc gods. 
Ans. Guldb posh, a rose hush (in bloom). 
