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1. Riddles (continued)

   

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   A. Because it wont go long without winding. Q What has a foot but no toe or heel. A A mountain. Q What are the three letters to frighten a rogue. A I.C.U. Q What is it you have to cut a piece off to make it longer. A A grave. Q Why is Ireland like a bottle. A Because it there is Cork in it.

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   “Cut in the wood and sunk in the sea and brought to the surface twice in a day?”

   

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   1. Cut in the wood and sunk in the sea and brought to the surface twice in a day? A lobster pot.
   2. One half dead and the other half living? A dog with his head in a pot.
   3. Three men went up the road in a car, one black man the other two were white men. If the two white men ate the black man what number was in the car then? Two ate one.
   4. A houseful a holeful and can't gather a bowlful? Smoke.
   5. As I looked out through my kitchen window I saw the dead carrying the living? A boat.
   6. Patch upon patch without any stitches? A head of cabbage.
   7. A man was put into jale for ever and he was told he would be let out if he could make a sentence out of

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