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   Because she cannot look under it.
   9. What is it that flies high, lies low, wears boots and has none? A football.
   10. Why is a horse that is constantly hidden, and never fed, not likely to be starved? Because he always has a bit in his mouth.
   11. How many sticks go to the building of a crows nest? None because they are all carried to it.
   12. Why do little birds in their nests agree? Because if they did not they would fall out.

   

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2. Riddles

   

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   1. Look at a nail and flesh on it? The nail of your finger. 2. Long legs, short thighs, little head , and no eyes? A fire tongs. 3. Hinky hanky, under a bank, ten drawing four? A person milking a cow. 4. Little Nancy edditcot, sitting in a red petticoat, the longer she stands the shorter she grows? A candle. 5. As round as an apple, as flat as a pan, the whole of a woman, the half of a man? A penny.

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Peggy Perry

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   12

   Address

   Tulfarris, Co. Wicklow