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School: Ballybay (Hall St.) (roll number 12378)

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Ballybay, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
C. Ó Maonaigh
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Q. If a barrel weighs 10 lbs. what can you fill it with to make it weigh 5 lbs.
    A. Fill it with holes.
    Q. Why is human life the riddle of all riddles?
    A. Because we must all give it up.
    Q. If 32° is freezing point what is squeezing point?
    A. Two in the shade.
    Q. When a boy falls into the river what is the first thing he does?
    A. Gets wet.
    Q. What is the difference between a baby and a pair of boots?
    A. The one is what I was the other is what I wear.
    Q. What is it that is neither flesh nor bone and yet has four fingers and a thumb?
    A. A glove.
    Q. What has legs like a cat, tail like a cat, and head like a cat?
    A. A kitten
    Q. What is bought by the yard and worn out by the foot?
    A. Carpet?
    Q. What has two legs and can't walk?
    A. A pair of tongs.
    Q. Who may marry many a wife and yet live single all his life?
    A. A clergyman.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Emily Breakey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cumry, Co. Monaghan