INDEX TO RIDDLES.
Ackee, [46], [68], [121], [174].
Andrew, [206].
Annata, [45].
Ants, [192].
Ants’ nest, [81].
Ashes, [98].
Axe, [100].
Bag, [27].
Bald head, ([256]).
Bamboo, [109].
Banana shoot, [114].
Bananas, bunch of, [13].
Baptism, ([264]).
Bed, ([240]).
Bird, [128].
Blacking, [196].
Bottle of ale, [148].
Bottle and cork, [37].
Bottles packed in straw, [49].
Bridge, ([260]).
Butter, [155].
Can, [108].
Candle, ([228]).
Castor-oil bean, [14], [48], [95], [153].
Cat, [178].
Chickens, [182].
Child, [159].
Cloud and stars, [46].
Cocoanut, [63], [83], [135], [175], [188], [200].
Coco leaf, [18].
Coffee-pulper, [10].
Cooking-pot, [42], [50], [110], [123], [124], [130], [139], [161], ([229]).
Cord, [23].
Cork, and bottle, [37].
Corn, and rat, [177].
Corn-ear, [103].
Corn-grain, [66].
Daughter, ([266]).
Debt, [118].
Dew and sweat, [79].
Dog-flea, [30].
Duckanoo, ([236]).
Ear, [60].
Ear of corn, [103].
Earth, [134].
Earthquake, [82].
Egg, [25], [26], [70], [86], ([230]), ([237]), ([244]), ([265]).
Equal, ([255]).
Eve, ([238]).
Eye-lashes, [168].
Fingers catching lice, [67].
Fire, [39], [65], [98], [123], [124], [125], [141], [171].
Fire-stones, [139].
Fly, [129].
Foot, [151].
Goat, [199].
Grass-quit, [1].
Grater, [69].
Grave, [22].
Guitar, [137].
Gum, [126].
Gungo peas, [43].
Hawk, [119].
Heaven, [134].
Hen, [182].
Hunger, [117].
Jigger, [160].
Jonah and the whale, ([239]).
Kasava, root, [85].
Key, [189].
Ladder, [99].
Lamb, [201].
Lamp, [166].
Letter M, ([254]).
Lock, [189].
Lot’s wife, ([263]).
Mat, [165].
Match-box and match, [35].
Mile-posts, [94].
Mill-rollers, [138].
Moon, [53], [58], [78], [106], [107], [152], ([257]).
Nail, finger, [163].
Nail, in a house, [47], [101].
Nail, horse-shoe, [90], [179].
Needles, [52].
Needle and thread, [3], [4], [33], [34], [140], [193], [194].
Newspaper, [144].
Nipples, [180].
Nothing, ([267]).
Onion, [173].
Orange, [76].
Ox, ([246]).
Parrot, ([232]).
Peas, Gungo, [43].
Pepper, [131].
Pig, ([202]), ([203]), ([204]).
Pingwing, [19].
Pot, cooking, [42], [50], [110], [123], [124], [130], [139], [161], ([229]).
Pumpkin-vine, [15], [115], [147], [162].
Purse, [154].
Rainbow, [176].
Rat, and cat, [178].
Rat, and corn, [177].
Riddle, ([243]).
Roof, [2].
Saw, [157].
Secret, ([259]).
Ship, at sea, [136].
Sieve, [21].
Smoke, [98], [141], [164], [185], [186].
Snail, [36].
Soil, [87].
Spark, [98].
Steelyard, [6].
Stockings, [169].
Stove, [11].
Strings, of a guitar, [137].
Stump, [187].
Sugar-cane, [61], [149], [150].
Sunshine, ([235]).
Talking-machine, [112].
Teats, [181].
Thunder, [145].
Tin can, [108].
Tobacco, ([247]).
Toes, [183].
Tongue, [32].
Tooth, [126].
Train, of cars, [89].
Trash, [75].
Tree, [40].
Tree, climbing a, [74], [135], [188].
Trousers, [84].
Tumblers, [29].
Umbrella, [59].
Water, ([233]).
Wheel, buggy, [24], [92], [93].
Wife, [9], [88], [159], ([258]).
Wife, Lot’s, ([263]).
Witch, [209].
Women, ([261]).
Woodpecker, [44], [132]. [[223]]
[1] Numbers enclosed within parentheses belong to the last group and are not strictly Jamaica folk riddles. [↑]