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   (1) There was a man lived in this town Great Bristol was his name, his saddle shirts was lined with gold three times I told his name? Answer. Was. (2) What goes round all the house all day and lies in the corner at night? Answer. The broom. (3) What’s full and holds more? Answer. A pot full of potatoes when you pour water in. (4) What walks with its head down? Answer. A nail in you [sic] boot. (5) Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat, you may guess for ever but you would not guess that? Answer. A pipe. (6) I met a man with twenty patches on his trousers what time was it? Answer. It was time for him to get a new pair. (7) I have a little house, it would not hold a mouse, it has more windows than kings high house? Answer. A thimble. (8) Spell a broken down ditch with three letters? Answer. Gap. (9) Cork and Kerry, Londonderry spell that with-out a K? Answer. That. (10) Two [?], two nor an I and a d put that together and spell it for me? Answer. London. (11) What runs and cannot walk? Answer. A brook. (12) What word by taking the first letter from it makes you sick? Answer. Music. (13) Why is a ring like eternity? Answer. Because it has neither beginning nor end. (14) Why is “I” the luckiest of all the vowels? Answer. Because

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