Little children, and not only them, are very fond of various puzzles on various topics. Riddles allow you to learn to think, evaluate and study the properties of things, their shapes, colors, and so on. Children especially like riddles about animated objects, that is, about animals, birds, trees and others.
Puzzles about cabbage
A lot of puzzles were invented about different fruits, vegetables and berries. With their help, children begin to distinguish between size, color, and taste. For example: watermelon - large, carrots - elongated, cabbage - green.
Let's look at an example of what riddles about cabbage are in folklore.
As you know, cabbage is a multilayer healthy green vegetable that goats and hares love to eat. Riddles about cabbage focus on this.
1. And salt it, and ferment it, inside a stump wrapped in a hundred clothes.
2. Tasty and tasty, with a loud crunch, the bunny tries ... (cabbage).
3. It rises in the garden on only one leg, one hundred clothes on it, and all without a fastener.
4. It seems to be not a book, but a lot of leaves.
5. A large head grows in the garden; one hundred hats are worn adroitly on it.
6. So many fur coats, so much crunch, everyone calls her ... (cabbage).
Thanks to these riddles, the child learns that the cabbage is on one leg, her leaves are folded in several layers, as if she is dressed in a hundred clothes.
Goat and cabbage
There is a very interesting riddle about a goat, cabbage and a wolf. It is old, however, does not lose its relevance. The riddle is simple, but requires reflection. Therefore, many think for a long time about her guess. The meaning of the riddle is that on one side there is a gray wolf, goat and delicious cabbage. It is necessary to transfer everyone by boat from one shore to another. But here's the problem: they can be transported only one at a time. If the wolf swims, then goat and cabbage will remain on this shore. And, of course, the goat will eat it. If you take cabbage into the boat, then the wolf remaining on the shore eats the goat. The third option remains: take the goat and transfer it to that shore. Then cabbage is transported, and the goat needs to be transferred back. Then a wolf sits in the boat and heads for the cabbage. Lastly, the remaining one goat is transported. The riddle is solved. Nobody ate anyone.
Cabbage in folklore
In folklore there are not only riddles about cabbage, but also proverbs, sayings, signs and so on. An example is the following:
1. Nobody is sad if they eat cabbage.
2. If you eat cabbage, you won’t start health.
3. If you plant cabbage on Thursday, then worms will not eat it.
4. If the weather is sunny on March 14 , then this is a great harvest of cabbage.