Asturian-American Migration Forum

Hello,

In Asturias the conundrums, the riddles, are called "cosadielles".
Here I am proposing new cosadielles:

1. Adevina , Perogrullu
cual ye el bichu
que pica´n bandullu

2. ¿Que cosa cosadiella ye
que de furaco en furaco va andando
con les tripes arrastrando?

3. Un tarreñin de bomborombón
que no tien culo nin tapón


Answers.........Are you game?

Marta


Tentative translation:

1. Guess, Pero Grullo,
which is the bug
that stings the guts.

2. What thing it is
that goes from hole to hole
dragging its guts?

3. A little jar (I am afraid that "bomborombón" is not translatable)
that has not bottom nor cap.

Is riddle #2 a robin?

¿Es el segundo cosadielle un petirrojo?

Hello Art:
I am sorry but the second is not a robin.....
Try again ,
Marta

Well, then, it must be a contemporary college student! (I'm joking.)

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Pues, entonces, es cierto que es un universitario coetáneo, ¡¿no?! (Bromo.)

3. Un tarreñin de bomborombón
que no tien culo nin tapón

An egg? (el huevo?)

This one also reminds me of the English riddle "a bottomless vessel to put flesh and blood in" (a ring).

Bob is rigth!, riddle 3 is an egg.
Betty, you have to try again.....the golf ball goes from hole to hole, but nothing is drugging behind it (this is an important clue to solve the riddle).
Marta.

Yes Marta, I see your point on the dragging it's guts behind...
My new guess is - An earthworm?