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Passage East, Co. Waterford
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Proinnsias Ó Heachthigheirn
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    on and beaten.
    Q. How far can a fox run into a wood?
    A. Half way, because if he ran farther he would be running out of the wood.
    Q. What makes the most noise in the world?
    A. A candle, because it wakes a dead man.
    Q. Why is a man at a public house
    door in the morning like a man at the gallows?j
    A. Because both are waiting for the ? to be drawn.
    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
    William Keating
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Passage East, Co. Waterford