Riddles
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- A big cauldron, but washing only once a year
- A big elephant, but feeding only once a year
- A big forest, but still there is not enough leaves to tie up a bit of asafoetida
- A black boy on three legged trestle, a white boy on him
- A bridge for two wells
- A hen comes, the hen leaves, the buttocks of the hen are always very cold
- A mother has fibre in her armpit and lots of seeds in there
- A mother whose children are all planks
- A single sacred thread for hundred Brahmins
- A tree with lots of swords
- Black cow with a white spot
- Black spot on a red cow
- Black spot on red woman
- Bull is lying down, the rope is grazing about
- Circular leaf with no stalk
- Dead snake runs on taking a stick
- Even if I am on a tree I am not a bird, even with three eyes I am not lord Mahadeva, even with water I am not a pot, tell me who am I
- Even though it turns it is not a grinding mortar, even though it's black it is not a crow, even though thorny it is not the flame of the jungle tree
- From the cleaved opened earth a hermit has appeared with an umbrella in hand and a pot in armpit
- Fruit on the plant and plant on the fruit
- Green when entering and red on exiting
- Heart burns and body melts
- High tide causes it to flourish, with neap tide it will die
- Moist leaves on a dry tree
- Naga raja's wife's saree is endless, however much she takes it off
- New-born babies come out with ash on themselves
- Old hag jumps up and down after closing the door
- One with a thousand eyes jumped into the river
- Shining coin has grainy teeth, tell this riddle and get your teeth
- Silver sceptre surrounded by a lots of walls
- The cow that went into the paddy saplings has disappeared
- The dog in the kitchen has a tail in the front
- The king is not able to wear, the dhobi is not able to wash
- The old woman has lots of eyes on her body
- The tree that threw out the seed
- Tuft on the head and a tender coconut underneath
- Walks with legs on the head
- Wall inside the Agrahaara, conch inside the wall, sacred water in the conch, and sacred basil in the sacred water
- Wheel can be seen if cut horizontal, if cut perpendicular then conch shaped
- When entering in we were four, on coming out only one
- White cow with horn on the side
- White root on a black granite slab