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   the fire and still never touches the fire? (A cake of bread in a baker) A duck before two ducks a duck behind two ducks and a duck in the middle between two ducks how many ducks is this? (Three) Spell a broken down fence in three letters? (Gap). I go up the road and down the road and take the road on my back who am I? (a ladder) What goes from this to Dublin without moving? (The road) Why did the Razor Bill RazorsBill? (Because the sea Urchin, sea Urchin, Sea urchin) Why did the fly fly? (Because the spider spied her) Can February March? (No but April May) What animal walks with four legs in the morning, two at noon and three in the evening? (man) I want to go to-morrow and I want to go to-day how can I go to-morrow when the train is 3 miles

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Dympna Foley

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Cloghleigh, Co. Tipperary

   Informant

   Mrs Sarah Foley

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   50

   Address

   Cloghleigh, Co. Tipperary