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   In marble walls as white as snow lined with a skin as soft as silk. Within a fountain crystal clear, a golden apple doth appear, No doors there are to this strong hold, yet thieves break in and steal the gold. Ans:- An egg Thirty geese were out on a gap, Thirty more followed that, Six and seven twice eleven, Three and two how much is that Ans:- Five I have a cow with her back to the wall and she would eat all the fodder from here to Donegal. Ans :- A Fire. Constantinople a very big word and if you are not able to spell “it” you are a very big dunce. Ans:- It What is the smallest bridge in the world? Ans:- The bridge of your nose Ink, ank under a bank ten drawing four. Ans:- A woman milking a cow. Supplied by Pat Corristine, Killadiskert 68years Written by Brigid Corristine, Killadiskert

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Brigid Corristine

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Killadiskert, Co. Leitrim

   Informant

   Pat Corristine

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   68

   Address

   Killadiskert, Co. Leitrim