School: Druim Muchlach (roll number 16040)

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1. Riddles (continued)

   

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   smaller it grows. Answer A candle.
   What has three feet and no legs
   Answer. A yard.
   What grows longer the more you take from it. Answer A grave.
   Long legs short thighs little head no eyes. Answer A pair of tongs.
   It has eight arms no hands a wooden leg but cannot stand
   It is often wet but cannot feel
   It has no feet but it is shod with steel. It's dress is of silk with a belt around the middle now can you guess this silly riddle.
   Answer An umbrella.
   What is it that is full of holes yet holds water Answer a sponge.
   Why are laundry people silly Answer Because they put out pails to catch soft water when it rains hard.
   What was Adams and Eves telephone number. Answer Two ate one (apple.)
   What is that which you and every living person have seen but will never see

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Winifred Cassidy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Carnshannagh, Co. Donegal