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

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   A. One cuts dresses and the other dresses cuts.
   Q. What fish do birds rest on?
   A. The perch.
   Q. What wets and dries at the same time?
   A. A towel.

   

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2. Riddles

   

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   Q. What is on you that you can't see? A. Your name. Q. Why did Mrs. Sipson not buy golden Millar? A. Because she got Windsor Lad for nothing. Q. Why were hens dear in Dec. 1936? A. Because the King gave a crown for an old hen. Q. What is the difference between a half crown with a cross on it and a threepenny bit with a hole in it? A. Two shillings and three pence. Q. Why is Athens like the wick of a cande? A. Because it is in the middle of Greece. Q. Riddle me riddle me randy row, my father gave me seed to sow, the seed was black, and the ground was white riddle me that and I'll give you a pipe? A. The newspaper. Q. In and out of hairy hole goes bunty? A. A clay pipe in an old man's mouth.

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mildred Harrison

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Church Hill, Co. Monaghan