472 Collectanea .
9. A snake, in a lake, with a flaming head, {A ivick in oil.)
10. I rolled it down the mountain, it was not broken ;
I dragged it through the valley, 'twas borne by breezes ;
I placed a stone upon it, it was not broken ;
I dropped it in the water, it fell to pieces. {Paper.)
11. A roll of satin that never saw loom ; A sack of flour that never saw mill ;
A stem I grow on that oak did not bear. (?).
12. Four divisions in a casket ;
There's a loaf in every basket. ( IValnuf.)
13. I hollowed the rotten limb;
I buried a lion therein. {Sword and scabbard.)
14. The barren bore the germless. O'er the crossing of the ceaseless.
{Aiuie, salt, bridge, and river.)
15. I have a granary the Lord hath wrought.
With marble pillars ranged round about. {Month and teeth.)
16. Lock of water ; key of wood ;
The prey escaped ; the hunter's trapped.
{The Red Sea, Moses rod, the Israelites, and Pharaoh.)
17. It has three feet, and through its beard
It stands and eats my father's hoard. {Candlestick.)
18. Table of pearl ; feet of silver ; Moonlight its jailer; sunlight its key. {Ice.)
19. There is a spreading, leafy tree, Beneath the tree a level park, Beneath the park a pencilled mark, Beneath the mark a brimming glass. Beneath the glass a trumpet crass. Beneath the horn a roomy loft.
The loft is full of shining scythes. {The head.) ^
J. S. WiNGATE.
^ With the above may be compared the collection of riddles in Carnoy and Nicolaides, Traditions Popiilaires de P Asie Mineure (1889), pp. 276-82.