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School: Baile Uí Mheirigín, Merginstown

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    What goes to the water, says jink jink and never drinks?
    The chain that leads the horse.
    How do you get down off an ass?
    There is no down on him.
    Its in the land, its in the sea, its in the cup that holds your tea?
    Water
    What is it that's too short and when you take a bit off it its too long?
    a grave
    What is dead and comes to life again?
    Bacon, when you cure it.
    What is it that I can see and you can't see and its nearer to you than to me?
    The back of your head
    What side of the mug is the handle on?
    The outside.
    What is it a train runs over and never wakens?
    Sleepers
    What is the first thing would happen to you if you fell into a river?
    You would get wet
    What has teeth and cannot eat?
    A saw
    Once a fellow met a fellow in a field of
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joseph Perkins
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Merginstown, Co. Wicklow