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   I wanted to cross the bridge of Kilkenny, I could not cross it without a penny. I borrowed no penny and how did I cross the bridge of Kilkenny ?
   Ans. I had a halfpenny and I borrowed another.
   When its out its fat and stout, when its in its easy, but when its out the second time its slobbery, wet and grazy ?
   Ans. A head of cabbage when boiled.
   A boy hasent it, a girl has it. Luke and Mick Kelly has it twice in the one spot ?
   Ans. The letter "L"

   

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   There is a bridge and whatever way you go round it you can never cross it ? Ans. The bridge of your nose. My uncles sister wasent my aunt what relation was she to me ? Ans. My mother. What is the best way to find a woman out ? Ans. Go to the house when she is not within.

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      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
         1. tomhaiseanna (~7,209)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Thomas Tannian

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   57

   Address

   Baile Uí Chlúmháin, Co. na Gaillimhe