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    that and I'l give you a pipe?
    Ans. Ink and paper.
    No. 23 Blackie and whitie went up the hill, Blackie came down and whitie stood still?
    Ans. A hen laying an egge.
    No. 24 What's better than God, worse than the devil a dead man eats it, and if a live man would eat it, it would kill him?
    Ans. Nothing
    No. 25 How does it come that you're my father, and I'm not your son?
    Ans. You're my daughter.
    No. 26 As I was going to the fair of Athy I met seven men, and their seven wives, they had seven cats and seven kittens, How many were going to the fair of Athy?
    Ans. Myself.
    No. 27 What would nights (knights) wear in the days of Shivarly?
    Ans. Armour.
    No 28 What is
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Anna Traynor
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ledonigan, Co. Cavan