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   and he also lived in Glan.
   Q. What is more afraid of the cock and hen than the King and all his men?
   A. A worm.

   

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2. Riddles

   

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   Q. How would you bring a goose a fox and a sheaf of oats from one side of the river to the other - You are only allowed to bring one at a time. But you cannot leave the fox with the goose nor the goose with the sheaf of oats? A. Take over the goose first. Then come back and bring over the sheaf of oats. Bring back the goose and bring over the fox. Now come back for the goose again. Q. The man who made it did not want it, the man who asked for it did not wear it and the man who did not ask for it wore it. A. Coffin. Q. How is Lipton the heaviest merchant in the world?

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Rita Burke

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Kinnagrelly, Co. Sligo