Riddles · 240
Lithuanian Riddles with Answers
Lithuanian riddles about nature, people and everyday objects, with recorded texts, hidden answers and explanations of their imagery.
Read →Folklore
Short forms of Lithuanian folklore
Riddles with answers, proverbs, trick questions and short texts from oral tradition. Read explanations, compare recorded examples and prepare a printable selection.
Riddling questions · 30
Lithuanian Riddling Questions: Answers and Meanings
30 documented Lithuanian riddling questions, with answers, explanations of the trick, and LLTI source identifiers.
Read →Proverbs and sayings · 60
Lithuanian Proverbs and Sayings with Meanings
60 documented Lithuanian proverbs and sayings about work, learning, time, bread, friendship, home, money and speech, with meanings and sources.
Read →Counting rhymes · 30
Lithuanian counting rhymes: 30 recorded texts
Short and longer Lithuanian counting-out rhymes with sources, from playful syllable chains to birds, a hare and a train. Each recorded variant includes guidance for using it.
Read →Tongue twisters · 20
Lithuanian tongue twisters: 20 traditional texts
Twenty recorded tongue twisters with difficult sound groups and older words explained, from six geese to a blacksmith, horse collars and haystacks.
Read →Sound imitations · 20
Lithuanian bird-call and sound imitations
20 verified folklore texts: 17 bird-call imitations and three imitations of a hand mill, violin and boiling potatoes. Each has a source, meaning and performance suggestion.
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