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 it in Norwick, Unst, about forty years ago, but I had quite forgotten it until it was reproduced in the valuable work referred to. It is as follows:

This riddle, as explained by Dr. JacobsenJakobsen [sic], has reference to the cow, viz.:

I have heard in several parts of Shetland what appears to be an Anglicised variant of the same:

Again, here is another riddle, the meaning of which is a woman milking a cow :