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    Q. What is brought to the table cut but never eaten?
    A. A pack of cards.
    Q. Why is Sunday the strongest day of the week?
    A. Because the next are week-days (weak-days)
    Q. Who has the king to take off his hat to?
    A. The barber.
    Q. What goes round and round a room and sleeps in one corner?
    A. A brush.
    Q. Why are the barbers not going to cut hair any longer?
    A. Because they are going to cut it shorter.
    Q. What has a father, a mother and twelve black children?
    A. A clock.
    Q. Why does a hen cross a road?
    A. To get to the opposide side
    Q. What does the G.S.R stand for?
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Brohan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Galloping Green, Co. Dublin