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   “If a man fell down off a house, what would he fall against... Against his will.”

   

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   the other makes things to keep the water out.
   As round as an apple, as plump as a ball, can climb the church over the steeple and all...
   The sun.
   As old as Adam, still alive, four weeks old and never was five.....The moon.
   Why is the letter "K" like a pigs tail.....
   Because it is at the end of Pork.
   The man that made it didn't want it, the man that bought it didn't need it, and the man that wore it didn't see it..... A Coffin.
   Why is the letter "F" like a cows tail.
   Because it is at the end of beef.
   What walks with its head down..... A nail in your shoe.
   What part of the cow goes into the barn first..... Her breath.
   Why does the goat look over the wall.....
   Because she cannot look under it.
   The more you take out of it, the bigger it gets..... A hole.
   Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   James Ruane

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Carrowreagh, Co. Mayo

   Informant

   Dennis Ruane

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Carrowreagh, Co. Mayo