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ENIGMAS.
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8. Going out to walk, I laid hold of the cow's tail.
Ans. A cocoanut ladle for scooping up water.

9. The dollar's worth of meat does not fill a cup.
Ans. A chain.

10. It is not set up, and does not stand of itself.
Ans. A chain.

11. I sowed my great field and reaped it, and my hand was not full.
Ans. Hair.

12. A scrape to Mecca.
Ans. Slipping.

13. Two nuts cross a river.
Ans. The eyes.