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   What are the three things that a woman should be like, and at the same time, that she should 'not' be like?

   1. She should be llike a snail - always to do her work inside, and she should 'not' be like a snail, because when she would go out, she should not carry her house on her back.

   2. She should be like a town-clock - always to keep regular hours, and she should 'not' be like a town-clock, because when she would go out, her voice should not be heard all over the town.

   3. She should be like an echo - always to answer back when spoken to, and she should 'not' be like an echo, because she should not repeat everything she hears.

   

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   I've a housefull, a roomfull, but can't give a spoonfull! Smoke. What part of a cow goes out in a gap first? Her breath. What has one leg and wears a cap! A Mushroom.

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Paddy Lanigan

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   53

   Address

   Threecastles, Co. Kilkenny