—Rat.
[112] Spanish Mexican, JAFL 30:230:
A little black one above, and red Juan below.
—Baking plate on fire.
[113] Cf. Nandi (Hollis), 141:
I slaughtered two oxen, one red and the other white, and their hides
were alike.
—Earth and sky.
[114] Cf. Suaheli (Velten):
49a. I send a man to call some one; he comes before the messenger
returns.
49b. The messenger sent is not yet returned; the one sent for arrives.
49c. I am sent to call my friend; the friend is come, I am not
returned.
Porta Rican (Mason and Espinosa):
174. Mandé un muchacho a un mandado; primero vino el mandado que el
muchacho.
[115] Cf. Irish Folk-lore Riddles:
Irish: As I looked out of my parlour window
I saw the dead carrying the live;
Wasn’t that a wonderful thing?
—Train full of people.
Gaelic: As I was at my window,
I looked through my gold ring;
I saw the dead carrying the living,
Wasn’t that a wondrous thing?
—Ship.
Popular Rhymes of Scotland (Chambers), 110:
As I lookit owre my window at ten o’clock at night,
I saw the dead carrying living.
Welsh-Gypsy: 27: The dead carries the living.
[116] Cf. No. 93, p. 194.
[117] Cf. No. 3, p. 183.
[118] Cf. No. 5, p. 183.
[119] Cf. Suaheli (Velten):