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   What did Adam first set in the Garden of Eden? His foot.
   Where was Peter when the light went out?
   In the dark.
   Where did the cock crow when all the world could hear him? In the ark.
   Buried was I before I did die,
   My grave lived and moved and so did I?
   Jonah in the whale's belly.
   What is everybody doing at the same time?
   Growing old.
   What is that which is brought to the table, always cut, and never eaten?
   A deck of cards.
   An old red cow lying by the wall,
   Eats all she gets and drinks none at all?
   A fire.
   A house full, a room full, and you could not catch a spoonful? Smoke.
   What has a face but not a head?
   A clock.
   What goes up when the rain comes down?
   An Umbrella.
   Which is the smallest room in the world?
   A mushroom.

   

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Máire Ní Dheághaidh

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Sragh, Co. Clare

   Informant

   Seán Ó Deághaidh

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   90

   Address

   Sragh, Co. Clare