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1. Riddles (continued)

   

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   Q. Where was Moses when the light went out?
   A. In the dark.
   Q. Four legs up and four legs down, soft in the middle and hard all round?
   A. A bed.
   Q. What has teeth but cannot eat?
   A. A comb.
   Q. What has an eye but cannot see?
   A. A needle.
   Q. Ink, ank, under the bank, ten drawing four?
   A. A woman milking a cow.
   Q. Why was Adam a good runner?
   A. Because he was first in the human race.
   Q. What is black and white and red all over?
   A. A newspaper.
   Q. What turns without moving?
   A. Milk.
   Q. Constantinople is a very big word. If you cant spell it you are a very big dunce?
   A. It.
   Q. Betty inside the ditch and Betty outside the ditch. If you will go near Betty she will bite you?
   A. A nettle.
   Q. What is the smallest bridge in the world?
   A. The bridge of your nose.
   Q. What is it that God nor man cannot do?

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Master P. Whyte

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Castlemartyr, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Mr J. Whyte

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Castlemartyr, Co. Cork