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1. A Collection of Riddles

   

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   The man that made it did not want it & the man that wanted it never saw it? = A coffin. Why is paper compared to a sneeze? = Because it is "tissue". "Up the hill of murder, down the hill of thunder, twenty four little devils tearing the world asunder" = A harrow. What grows larger the more you take from it? = A grave. As round as a marble, as deep as a cup & all the men in the world could not take it up = A well.

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Maurice Hannigan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   An Mullach Ard, Co. Luimnigh

   Informant

   Mr M.J. Hannigan

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   41

   Address

   An Mullach Ard, Co. Luimnigh

   Informant

   Mrs M.J. Hannigan

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   40

   Address

   An Mullach Ard, Co. Luimnigh

2. A Collection of Riddles

   

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   "White and black and read all over" ? = A newspaper.
   "How is it that you are my father & that I am not your son"? said the child to the father? = The child was his daughter.
   The man who bought it did not use it & the man who used it did not see it? = A coffin.
   As black as ink & ink it is not and as white as snow & snow it is not - it hops on the road like hailstones ? = A magpie.

   

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3. A Collection of Riddles

   

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   I am at school every day & I never learn anything. I teach little boys & girls how to read & still I cannot read? = A book (reading).
   Why is a dog with a lame leg like a "sum"? = Because he puts down three & carries one.

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