Prophecies: threshing, playing-balls, loom-comb, bagpipe
Four riddles answered by grain, game-balls, the weaver's reed, and the bagpipe
A page of mirror-script text, written upside-down, with no drawings. It sets out four more prophecies in the riddle-and-answer form. Beating the very cause of one's life is threshing grain; animal skins that rouse men from silence with shouts and curses are game-balls; a disunited thing that makes a great union is the split-cane weaver's comb that binds the threads of cloth; and wind through animal skins that makes men leap is the bagpipe.
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Beating the cause of life (threshing grain)
Men will harshly beat the very thing that is the cause of their life. The answer is the threshing of grain.
Animal skins that break the silence (playing-balls)
The skins of animals will rouse men from their silence with great shouting and cursing. The solution is the balls used for games.
Disunity that makes union (the weaver's reed)
A thing that is disunited becomes the cause of a great union. The answer is the comb of split cane that unites the threads in the woven cloth.
Wind through skins that makes men leap (the bagpipe)
The wind passing through the skins of animals will make men leap. The solution is the bagpipe, which makes men dance.