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   when Adam was but four, yet that same thing was one month old, when Adam was five. Ans. The moon.

   33. In yonder meadow there is a table and in the table there is a drawer and in the drawer there is a cup and in the cup there is a sup for everyone to taste.
   Ans. Death.

   34. I know a little house that would not hold a mouse and there are as many windows on it as the Lord Mayor's house. Ans. A thimble.

   

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   35. As I was going in to the town I met a man and I asked him his name and he said there was so many of his names hung that he was ashamed to tell. Ans. Bell. 36. There was a man rode through the town

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Rose Coyle

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Lattoon, Co. Cavan

   Informant

   Mrs Rose Cooney

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Lattoon, Co. Cavan