School: Mastersons (roll number 8390)

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   In comes two legs carrying one leg which he lays down on three legs. Back comes two legs, snatches up three legs, and throws it after four legs to get back one leg.
   Answer. A man comes in with a leg of multon which he lays on a three-legged stool. a dog runs off with the leg of multon The man returns + throws the stool at the dog to make him drop the leg of multon.

   

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   The beginning of eternity, the end of time + space, the the beginning of every end and the end of every race. The letter "e" Old mother Dwitchett had but one eye And a long tail which she let fly: And every time she went over a gap, She left a bit of her tail in a trap. A needle and thread. As round as an apple, as flat as a pan, one side a woman, the other a man. A penny A dog has 4 legs, a chicken two, what has one? A stocking. What is it that the more you take from it, the larger it gets? A hole what is the dirtiest letter in the alphabet? O because it is twice in soot. What is the longest word in the ong. Language. Smiles because there is a mile between the 1st + last letter.

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Joan Wilson

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Mrs Wilson Strawbrick

   Relation

   Grandparent

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   70