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C. Ní Bhroin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0792, Page 417

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    What is smaller than a midget's mouth? The bit that goes into it. When is cart before horse? In the dictionary. Black and white and read "red" all over. The newspaper. What is the difference between a woman and a postage stamp. A woman is a female, and a postage stamp is a mail fee. Collected by. Joe Rooney, Woodlawn. Santry Co. Dublin. 3" 12" 37 I washed my face in the water that never was rained or ran and I dried my face in the towel that never was woven or spun. Answer. I washed myself in...
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Molly Moran
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Beaumont, Co. Dublin