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1. Riddles (continued)

   

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   6. As round as an apple
   As plump as a ball
   Can climb the church even
   Steeple and all
   (the sun)

   7.It's as round as an apple, and as flat as a pan
   It's one side a woman and the other a man
   (A penny)

   8. It's round and sound and it's a pound and it doesn't weigh an ounce
   (sovereign)

   9. It's as round as an apple and as deep as a cup
   And all the Kings horses couldn't pull it up
   (A well)

   10. How many bills does a hen stick in the ground before she has enough eaten?
   (One)

   11.A duck behind and a duck before a duck and duck in the middle between two ducks. How many ducks is that?
   (three ducks)

   12. If a curt of coal cost 1/6, what would 5 curts come to?
   (Ashes)

   13. why was Adam a good runner?
   (Because he won the human race)

   14. Why is a black hen prouder than a white hen?
   (Because a black hen can lay a white egg but a white hen cannot lay a black egg)

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Tomás Ó Cléirigh

   Gender

   Male

   Occupation

   Múinteoir

   Address

   Annefield, Co. Mayo