The Fon people who lived in Togo before they migrated to present-day Benin, where they founded the kingdom of Dahomey in the seventeenth century, are known for their riddles and proverbs.

Riddles

Hole within hole, hair all round, pleasure comes from inside.
(Answer: A flute being played by a bearded man.)

A thing leaves the house bent over and returns home straight.
(Answer: A water jar.)

A thing is naked going out, but returning, the body is covered with clothes.
(Answer: Corn.)

My father eats with his anus and defecates through his mouth.
(Answer: A gun.)

One throws a thing across the hedge, and it falls in one heap.
(Answer: A frog.)

A large hat in the midst of weeds.
(Answer: A latrine.)

One thing falls in the water with a loud voice, another falls in the water with a...