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   What goes to the river and cries "Jink Jink!" and never takes a drink?
   A chain on a horse.

   What is full and holds more?
   A pot of potatoes before water is put in.

   What walks with its head down?
   A nail in a man's boot.

   

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   What is the half of the moon like? The other half. The man that made it did not want it, the man that wanted it did not use it and the man that used it did not see it? A coffin. What trees would remind you more of the sea? The Bay and the Beech. Why does a hen pick a pot? Because she cannot lick it. What would you do when you

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Peter Shannan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Galbally, Co. Wexford

   Informant

   Mrs Sheil

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   60

   Address

   Galbally, Co. Wexford