INDEX TO RIDDLES.

Ackee, [46], [68], [121], [174].

Andrew, [206].

Annata, [45].

Anne, ([205]), ([208]).[1]

Ants, [192].

Ants’ nest, [81].

Ashes, [98].

Axe, [100].

Bag, [27].

Baking-pan, [125], [171].

Bald head, ([256]).

Bamboo, [109].

Bammie, [122], [125], [171].

Banana leaf, [20], [113].

Banana shoot, [114].

Bananas, bunch of, [13].

Baptism, ([264]).

Bed, ([240]).

Bird, [128].

Birth, [9], [88], [180].

Blacking, [196].

Boot, [151], [170], [183].

Bottle, [96], [133], [187].

Bottle of ale, [148].

Bottle and cork, [37].

Bottles packed in straw, [49].

Bridge, ([260]).

Broom, [191], [197].

Brush, [195], [196].

Butter, [155].

Can, [108].

Candle, ([228]).

Castor-oil bean, [14], [48], [95], [153].

Cat, [178].

Chickens, [182].

Child, [159].

Clock, [72], [97].

Cloud, [57], [134].

Cloud and stars, [46].

Cocoanut, [63], [83], [135], [175], [188], [200].

Coco leaf, [18].

Coffee, [111], [172].

Coffee-pot, [51], [116].

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].

Cow, [181], [184].

Crow, [102], [127].

Daughter, ([266]).

Debt, [118].

Dew and sweat, [79].

Dog, [8], ([202]).

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, [17], [168].

Eye-lashes, [168].

Feather, [127], [128].

Fingers, [16], [80].

Fingers catching lice, [67].

Finger-nail, [163]. [[220]]

Fire, [39], [65], [98], [123], [124], [125], [141], [171].

Fire-stones, [139].

Flea, [30], [190], ([241]).

Fly, [129].

Foot, [151].

Frying-pan, [28], [167].

Goat, [199].

Grass-quit, [1].

Grater, [69].

Grave, [22].

Griddle, [122], [125], [171].

Guitar, [137].

Gum, [126].

Gun, [7], [146].

Gungo peas, [43].

Hawk, [119].

Heaven, [134].

Hen, [182].

Hole, [64], [179], ([231]).

Horse-shoe nail, [90], [179].

Hunger, [117].

Ink on paper, [71], [120].

Jigger, [160].

Jonah and the whale, ([239]).

Kasava, root, [85].

Key, [189].

Ladder, [99].

Lamb, [201].

Lamp, [166].

Letter M, ([254]).

Lice, [41], [67].

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]).

Paper, [71], [120].

Parrot, ([232]).

Peas, Gungo, [43].

Pepper, [131].

Pig, ([202]), ([203]), ([204]).

Pingwing, [19].

Pipe, [5], [73], [142].

Pot, coffee, [51], [116].

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]).

Ring, [62], [158], ([242]).

Road, [156], [198].

Roof, [2].

Rooster, [77], [143].

Saddle, [91], ([234]).

Saw, [157].

Scissors, [12], [38].

Sea, [105], [136].

Secret, ([259]).

Ship, at sea, [136].

Sieve, [21].

Smoke, [98], [141], [164], [185], [186].

Snail, [36].

Soil, [87].

Spark, [98].

Stars, [54], [55], [56].

Steelyard, [6].

Stockings, [169].

Stove, [11].

Strings, of a guitar, [137].

Stump, [187].

Sugar-cane, [61], [149], [150].

Sun, [104], ([245]).

Sunshine, ([235]).

Sweat, and dew, [79]. [[221]]

Talking-machine, [112].

Teats, [181].

Teeth, [31], [32], [126].

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].

Turn-stick, [130], [161].

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. [↑]

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