Others are:—
‘Spin string that we may cross the river.’—A spider.
‘The people are round about, their chief is in the centre.’—A fire, and the people sitting round it.
‘I saw a chief walking along the road with flour on his head.’—Grey hair.
‘Such an one built his house with one post only.’—A mushroom.
‘A large bird covering its young with its wings.’—A house—referring to the roof with its broad eaves.
‘My child cried on the road.’—A hammer.
‘The sick man walks, but does not want to run, but when he sees this, he runs against his will.’—A steep hill (which forces people to run in descending it).
At Likoma they have a set form for riddle-contests, as thus: A. begins, ‘A riddle!’ The rest reply in chorus, ‘Let it come!’ A. ‘I have built my house on the cliff!’ All guess; if their guesses are wrong, A. repeats his riddle. If they still cannot guess right, they say, ‘We pay up oxen.’ A. ‘How many?’ They give a number. If A. is satisfied, he will now explain his riddle—‘the ear’ being the answer to the one given above. If any one guesses right, all clap their hands, and another player asks a fresh riddle.