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   36. The man that made it never wore it
   The man that wore it never saw it
   The man that saw it never liked it
   (A coffin)
   37. Neither flesh, fish, body or bones it carries; legs it has none
   (a bicycle)
   38. As I went to London I saw a great wonder
   It was neither straight stick nor crooked stick
   And all the same it was timber
   (Sawdust)
   39. What member of parliament wears the largest hat?
   (The man with the biggest head)
   40. What is a bad scholar compared to a stamp?
   (Because you have to lick one with a stick and stick the other with a lick)
   41. What is a window compared to a dying man?
   (Because it has no panes)
   42. Black and white went up a hill
   Black came down and the white stood still
   (A hen laying her egg)
   43. The beginning of eternity, the end of time and space
   The beginning of every end, and the end of every place
   (the letter e)
   44. There are four corners in a room
   A cat in every corner
   There is a cat sitting on every cat's tail
   Three cats before a cat, and three cats behind a cat
   How many cats is that?
   (Four cats)

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Tomás Ó Cléirigh

   Gender

   Male

   Occupation

   Múinteoir

   Address

   Annefield, Co. Mayo