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Johnstown, Co. Westmeath
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    (1) What goes up when the rain comes down?
    Answer - an umbrella.
    (2) If a man had four cows and each cow had a sister how many children had the father?
    Answer - five.
    (3) Why does a cow look over a wall?
    Answer - because she can't look under.
    (4) How many asses' tails would reach the moon?
    Answer - one, if it was long enough.
    (5) What is always behind time?
    Answer - back of a clock.
    (6) What is smaller than a fly's mouth?
    Answer - what goes into it.
    (7) A riddle a riddle its I suppose 100 eyes but no nose
    Answer - sand[?] riddle
    (8) Long legs, short thighs, little head but no eyes
    Answer - tongs.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Angela Bartley
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    15
    Address
    Battstown, Co. Westmeath