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   fire and never touches a bit of the fire? a cake in a baker. Black and white and read all over? a paper. What has hands and never washes it's face? a clock. Why is your mid-day meal like a letter 's'? because it comes before 't' tea. What sore of band has no musical instruments? a rubber band. What thing cannot be slow and sure? a watch. Why is the letter "E" like despair? because it is ad the end of hope. What word of seven letter spells the same backwards and forwards? reviver. What has four legs and can fly? two birds.

   

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   Headed like a thimble, tail like a rat you might guess for ever but you would not guess that? a pipe. Why is a little man like a good book? because he is often looked over. As round as an apple as plumb as a ball can climb over church steeple and all? The sun. Why is a school-teacher like an engine driver? One minds trains and the other trains minds. White and black and read all over? A paper. Little Jenny red nose the longer she lives the shorter she grows? A lighted candle. Long legs, short thighs little head

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. riddles (~7,209)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Michael Davis

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Moate, Co. Westmeath