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[No. 3, 
J. Hinton Knowles —Kashmiri Riddles. 
114, Apdrih taram hhanhah budd sahanih ditsanam tshdlali, 
Wuthit tali rat anas ndlah. 
From tliat side an old woman, speaking through, her nose, ran at 
me like a tigress, and jumped on me and held me to her breast. 
Ans. Nindar , sleep. 
115, Pah pats is, daph (or dap) shuren , boz panas, ivuclih meh Jcun , 
Go to the guest, speak to the children, listen to yourself, and look 
at me. 
Ans. A man had cooked a sheep’s head and legs for himself, 
wife, and children, and had just served them up, when a stranger came 
in. The wife looked at her husband to know whether she was to offer 
their guest any of the savoury food. The husband replied in the above 
words, which mean—Give the legs to the guest, the tongue to the 
children, keep the ears yourself, and give me the eyes. 
116, Tsatit rang hat ? 
Ratit mid hat ? 
What has colour on being cut P 
What has value on being laid hold of ? 
Ans. Hendawend tali muhhtali , a water-melon and a pearl. 
117, Gdtuj hurih han pot wetsahndn. 
The little girl is teasing out the silk. 
Ans. Kangani , a woman’s comb. 
118, Babo pyos, Mdjai pyos, 
Pyos nah pyos wutsh hai lchyos. 
() Father, I fell down, 0 Mother, I fell down, 
And I had hardly fallen down, when a calf ate mo. 
Ans. Peomut panah-barg, (Ski*, parna-varga ), a fallen leaf. 
119, Mut t&nl put ddrih, 
Kulai hrt utnhbdrih. 
The mad fellow escaped by I ho back window, 
Taking his wife on his buck. 
Ans. l)uh, smoke. 
I‘20, Langi guri laf Iran, 
Muhlihtli gar rhhdngare. 
