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   wives, and the seven wives had seven cats, and the seven cats had seven kits, how many were going to St Ives.
   Answer - One person.
   Riddle me, riddle me, Anntie O, my father gave me seeds to sow, the seeds were black and the ground was white, riddle me that and I will give you a pipe.
   Answer - ink and paper.
   What is brought to the table cut but never eaten.
   Answer - Dick of cards.
   What has a foot, a head, and four legs.
   Answer - a bed

   

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   When is a window like a star.
   Answer - when it is a skylight.
   What is the difference between tight shoes and an oak tree.
   Answer - One makes the corns ache and the other makes acorns.

   

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   What is that which occurs twice in a moment, once in a minute, and not once in a thousand years. answer - The letter M As I went up the hillys, I met a flock of bonneos, they were nick, they were nack, they were all brown

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Bridget Brown

   Gender

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