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Vietnamese folklore boasts a rich collection of proverbs, folk sayings, and riddles. Ranging from animal riddles to object enigmas, these brain-teasers, along with their answers, promise effective mental relaxation. Keep this list handy to challenge kids, friends, and family during social gatherings.
Folk riddles featuring fruits
Folk Riddles about Animals
Riddle 1: What creature eats to satisfaction, bulging belly, squinting eyes, mutters softly, and lies breathing heavily?
Answer: Pig (Pork)
Riddle 2: What creature consumes grass, sports two horns on its head, its nostrils tied with rope, and excels at plowing fields?
Answer: Buffalo
Riddle 3: What has delicate, thin wings, flies high and low, heralding sunshine and rain?
Answer: Dragonfly
Riddle 4: Equal to a piece of firewood in length, sinks deep beneath the bottom?
Answer: Shrimp
Riddle 5: Equal to a cow, lies curled up in the gate?
Answer: Elephant
Riddle 6: Lies still when placed, but scurries in all directions when its tail is touched
Answer: Snail
Riddle 7: Equal to a guava, floats and sinks intermittently? What creature is it?
Answer: Snail
Riddle 8:
What creature has two clear eyes
Enjoys basking in the sun
And loves climbing betel nut trees?
Answer: Cat
Riddle 9:
Where does one wander for months on end
Impoverished or affluent, cares not
Answer: Dog
Riddle 10:
Emerging from beneath the underworld
Wears a hat as it ascends
Answer: Wasp
Riddle 11:
Plows without a plow
Digs without a shovel
Answer: Worm
Riddle 12: Equal to a piece of firewood, just wriggles in?
Answer: Mouse
Riddle 13:
Equal to a soybean
Feeds on village offerings
Answer: Fly
Riddle 14:
Where does one sweat profusely
Never sitting in the afternoon shade,
Never chewing betel leaves
Answer: Cricket
Riddle 15:
Dragon head, phoenix tail, fairy wings
Three wives in a day
Sleeping alone at night
Answer: Rooster
FOLK RIDDLES ABOUT OBJECTS, CREATURES, EVENTS
Riddle 1:
Above rocky crests, beneath rocky crevices
In between lies a sluggish fish
Answer: The mouth
Riddle 2:
Small and round at the top
Gripped, tears stream down in rows
Answer: Water faucet
Riddle folk number 3:
What's white inside and green outside?
Plant beans, plant onions, then release the pig in?
Answer: Sticky rice cake
Riddle folk number 4:
My heart bitter all year round
Sitting, standing, lying, all with pride
The gentlemen, the elders in the village
Meeting me, they rush to cherish
In your absence, pain fills every day
Though bitter, many are captivated
Answer: Plow
Question number 5:
Spring, summer, autumn, winter, heat and cold,
Day and night, restless with time,
Shrimp, fish, meat, full bellies content,
Ice cream, ice, wine, beer, all still abundant
Answer: Refrigerator
Question number 6:
Eating before but still eating leftovers
Two meals a day, morning and noon toil
Answer: Dishes
Question number 7:
Straight road, well-paved
Two drains on both sides
Above, mirrors hang,
Below, combs are laid
Answer: A face
Folk riddle number 8:
Lie down, stand lie down, lying then standing?
Answer: Foot
Question number 9:
Has a head but no tail. Has a segment in between, hard at first then soft.
Answer: Shoulder pole.
Question number 10:
Two ladies dwell in two chambers
One has, the other hasn't a spouse
Nightly curtains drawn tightly
Daytime open for scrutiny
Answer: An eye
Question number 11:
Once my body dwelled amidst bamboo groves.
Winter folds, summer unfolds.
Answer: Paper fan
Question number 12:
Plowing the fields, pristine and white.
Thirsty, descending to drink from a deep, dark well?
Answer: Pen ink
Question 13:
Eat before you sit, atop you dine
Return messy, stand by sidewalk side.
Answer: The conical hat
Question 14:
Head dark as a crow.
Throat white as a flower.
Back cinched with a collar.
Butt carries a water jug.
Answer: Oil lamp.
Question 15:
Two hands gently hold with care
Stomach whispers, craving for more
More pleasure it finds, stuffed inside
Pushing up, pushing down, water gushes out
Answer: Chewing sugar cane
TRADITIONAL FUN RIDDLE ABOUT TREES, FLOWERS, AND FRUITS
Riddle 1: Single shirt, double shirt, standing by the pond's edge?
Answer: Banana tree
Question 2: Head like a fly
Tail like a plate
Answer: Betel leaf
RIDDLE NUMBER 1: Single shirt, double shirt, standing by the pond's edge?
Question 3:
Cutting the head hurts a lot, my friend
Buried again in the earth, despite wind and rain
Eating it, even its waste is liked
Round and firm, mother vine wandering?
Answer: Sweet potato plant
Question 4:
What tree with red blooms in the sky,
A beautiful bird species,
Planted everywhere
Answer: Royal poinciana tree
Question 5:
A tree with tangled branches, leaves scarce
Edible yet hard to climb, guess this tree?
Answer: Rice plant
Question 6:
A tree with neither leaves nor trunk
Golden self, no roots near our home
Answer: Reed plant
Riddle 7:
What tree, male and female, rough and torn
What builds a fruit, male blooms in its prime
Country market buys it for a gift
Many full, few just enough fruits is the skill?
Answer: Papaya tree
Question 8:
Dragon head, phoenix tail, swirling around
Spring broods eggs, summer hatches young
Answer: Betel nut tree
Question 9:
In the midst of the sky lies a clear pool
Catfish swim below, bees don't come near?
Answer: Coconut tree
Question 10:
Slender trunk, hair swaying gently,
Bright smile awaits the coming of spring
Answer: Peach and apricot trees
Question 11:
What flower ignites red along the fence.
Named by people, who knows where.
Half fairy, half mortal, why?
Hearing its name, adds sorrow to my heart.
Answer: Pomegranate
Question 12:
Grows big to build doors and houses
Yet small, they're stir-fried by others?
Answer: Bamboo, rattan
Question 13:
Stands tall in the middle of the path,
Passing officials can't avoid, must punish instead
Answer: Grass
Riddle 14:
Tree bends, fruit hangs low
Hard to climb, fruit hard to eat
Answer: Chili plant
Riddle 15:
Builds a home in old age,
When young, it's a delicacy
Answer: Bamboo
Riddle 16:
Just above the wrist, in the middle of the thigh,
Years and months full, hair grows pitch black
Answer: Corn
Riddle 17:
What tree with small leaves, soft petals,
Flowers like sparks igniting beside the garden
Summer comes, tree ablaze with red flowers,
Into autumn, fruits ripen like vermillion
Answer: Pomegranate tree
Folk Riddle 18:
Yields sweet, fresh fruit,
Green leaves feed the silkworms
Answer: Mulberry tree
Question 19:
Resembling bamboo by the field
Buffaloes find it boring, humans crave it
Answer: Sugarcane
Question 20:
What plant has flowers but no leaves
Has fruit but is inedible
Answer: Electric pole
Above is a list of 50 folk riddles with answers. Test yourself or challenge your friends and family to check your folk knowledge and create a cheerful atmosphere for everyone.
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