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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
16.
Dosi peth kum-yaj; Na piles cani maj Na piles myani maj.
A cake of chaff is on the wall: Neither thy mother can reach it Nor my mother can reach it. Answer:-The moon.
17.
Ek mashidey do darwaza. Aó miyân, traó putása. A mosque with two doors.
Come, Sir, [and] let off a cracker.
Answer:-Blowing the nose.
18.
"Ha tango, nili tango! táj phuturtham kalas pith. "Ha basti súra basti! chus bu janawar.
"Guran guriy! rangatsariy! tali kitur kyah?
"Tshen tsěmbar! nasti tsembar! yeti bithak kyah?"
"O pear, green pear! thou hast broken the crown of my head.
"O bag-like ! O ash-bag-like [creature]! I am a bird. [I have done it.]
"O thou greedy of small fish! O bird of colour! what is that long needle on thy head?
"O thou cut-nose! [with a] tiny nose! why didst thou sit there?" Answer: The blue heron with a long feather growing on its head, and a frog.
19.
Heri walsh hat ta bar-hangan rat.
A chip of wood came down-stairs and was caught by the top of the door. Answer: A comb.
20.
Heri wuth Pandit tre denfáni gandit.
A Pandit came down-stairs with three girdles girt.
Answer:-A load of timber.
21.
Heri wuth Pandit wozali jáma gandit.
A Pandit came down-stairs wearing red-coloured clothes.
Answer:-Red pepper.
22.
[ FEBRUARY, 1933
Hila hilay cilas teáv Mukhta-hår gandit dráv. Yani bazuk av av,
Tani lokan zuwa tav.
With effort did it enter the period of forty days,
It came out with a necklace of pearls about it.
No sooner they heard of its coming
Than the people got life.
Answer:-Paddy or corn.
