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1. A Funny Story (continued)

   

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   When he woke, he found a label in his pocket saying "if you live until May, you will have summer again".

   Madgie Walsh, Freemount
   Got from Daniel O'Leary, Travelling Labourer, 60 years old.

   

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2. Riddles

   

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   Riddles What turns without moving? Milk What is the difference between a cat and a book? A cat has its tail on the outside, and a book has its tale in the inside. What's the greatest surprise in the world? That Hungary didn't eat Turkey What is always behind time? The back of a clock. Why is a cow always looking over a fence? Because she can't look under it. Why does a person go to bed? Because the bed will not come to him. On which side of the cup is the handle? On the outside. What is put on the table cut?

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Nora Lane

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Knawhill, Co. Cork