Pp. 1–3, 484; II, 495 a. #Little-Russian#. Three lads give a girl
riddles. ‘If you guess right, shall you be ours?’ Golovatsky, II, 83,
19. Two other pieces in the same, III, 180, 55. (W. W.)
A king’s daughter, or other maid, makes the reading of her riddles a
condition of marriage in several Polish tales; it may be further
stipulated that a riddle shall be also given which the woman cannot
guess, or that those who fail shall forfeit their life. Karłowicz in
Wisła, III, 258, 270, where are cited, besides a MS. communication,
Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowej, V, 194, VII, 12; Gli[‘n]ski,
Bajarz Polski, III, No 1; Kolberg, Krakowskie, IV, 204.