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   and a half-penny more.
   A shilling'

   44. Why is a school master compared to a clock.
   Because he warns before he strikes.

   45. I brought twenty-four heads to water and not one of them drunk put one
   Twenty-four nails in a horseshoe and none of them but the horse.

   46. What goes round the house and round the house and its fathers big coat about it.
   A sheep.

   47. What goes from house to house and lies out at night.
   A pad.

   48. What goes round the house and leaves a rag on bush.
   The snow

   49. Why is a cowardly soldier compared to butter.
   Because it runs before the fire

   50. I built a bridge from her to Dublin what height is it.
   The height of nonsences

   51. What grows in the wood and sounds in the town and earns its master many a pound.
   A Fiddle

   52. What goes away between two woods and comes home between two waters
   A man with two wooden buckets of water

   53. What is full and holds more

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   E. Treanor

   Gender

   Male

   Occupation

   Teacher