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   one and how many were left?

   Answer. Three eggs were left

   13. As I was going up Derry street I met my aunt Anne, I cut her throat and drunk her blood and made her body stand.

   Answer. A bottle of whiskey

   14. I sat on my hunkers and looked through my winkers and I saw the dead carrying the living.

   A boat with men on it

   15. A house full and a room full and you couldn't lift a spoonfull.

   Answer. Smoke

   

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   1. Wee feedy-fody with the black body three feet and a wooden bonnet. Answer. A pot 2. What side of a jug is the handle on? Answer. The outside 3. Where was Moses when the light went out? Answer. In the dark 4. What goes away between two woods and returns between two waters? Answer. A man going for water with two wooden buckets

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Patrick Joseph Doherty

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ardmalin, Co. Donegal