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School: Ballinamore (B.) (roll number 2820)

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    50Q. What goes off yet stops in the same place?
    A. A gun.
    51 Q. What has a mouth but no face?
    A. A river.
    52 Q. When is a carving knife on its travels?
    A. When it cuts it way through Turkey Greece.
    53 Q. Why is a dark boy always like a cheat?
    A. Because he is never fair.
    54 Q. Why don't they hang a man with a glass eye?
    A. Because they hang him with a rope.
    55 Q. Why is a lazy boy like a Christmas pudding?
    A. Both are better ob a good stirring up.
    56 Q. What comb is the sweetest?
    A. The honey comb.
    57 Q. What is the oldest tree in the world?
    A. The elder tree.
    58 Q. What poet was never slow?
    A. Swift
    59 Q. Why is a habitually naughty boy like a stair carpet?
    A. Because he can't be kept in order without a rod.
    60 Q. What is the most sporting number?
    A. Tennis (ten is)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peter Dolan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim