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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0613, Page 386

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  1. A Churn (continued)

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  2. Riddles

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    Riddles
    I
    How long did Cain hate his brother?
    As long as he was Abel
    II
    If a fiddler in Ennis had a brother a piper in Limerick, but the piper in Limerick had no brother a fiddler in Ennis, how could that be?
    The fiddler in Ennis was a girl
    III
    If a hunderweight of coal cost three shillings and three pence what would a ton come to?
    Ashes
    IV
    What is it that a woman always looks for and never likes to find?
    A hole in her stocking.
    V
    Three brothers were passing a graveyard one day. One said "I must go in to pray for my brother's son", the second said the
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