Main Piece: Riddle
Original:
Сто одежек и все без застежек.
– Капуста.
Phonetic:
Sto odezhek i vse bez zastezhek.
– Kapusta.
Translation:
One hundred outfits and each without clasps.
– Cabbage
Background Information:
- Why does informant know this piece?
This was told to him by his childhood friends
- Where did they learn this piece?
Ukraine
- What does it mean to them?
It’s an interesting riddle.
Context:
This is told by children to other children to play riddle games.
Personal Thoughts:
I have heard multiple variations of this riddle, including one where instead of the answer being “cabbage”, the answer is “onions.”