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1. Riddles (continued)

   

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   the tree. He took one off it, and left one on it.

   8. Why is a dentist a sad man?
   (Because he is always looking down in the mouth)

   4. King Moracco built a ship an in that ship his daughter sat, an tell me her name for I have told it to you twice.
   (Ann)

   5. If there are one dozen black socks, and one dozen brown socks mixed up in a drawer how may will I take out to have an equal pair.
   (Three socks)

   6. Long, long legs, short, short body, round, round head and feet like a penny
   (Pair of tongs)

   7. Old Mrs Turtcher has but one eye, and a very long tail which she lets fly. Every time she goes into a gap she leaves a piece of her tail in a trap.
   (Needle and thread)

   8. There was a man who went into a shop-keeper and said, If you give me as much money as I have in my pocket, I'll spend a sixpence. The shop-keeper did so. He went into a second shop, and said, If you give me as much money as I have in my pocket I'll spend a sixpence. He went into a thread shop and repeated the same. When he came out he had nothing left. How much had he at first?
   (Five pence farthing)

   

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. riddles (~7,209)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Philomena Mc Daid

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballymaleel, Co. Donegal