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   A Collection of Riddles.
   always up to its face.
   33. Tis as round as an apple as deep as a cup all the kings in Ireland could not pick it up.?
   Answer − A well of water.
   34. I have a little white house and it is full of meat, it has no doors nor windows to let me in to eat it?
   Answer − An egg.
   35. Two legs up and two legs down, soft in the middle and hard round.?
   Answer - A bed.
   36. What smells most in a perfume shop?
   Answer − Your nose.
   37. Why do people go to bed?
   Answer − Because the bed will not come to them.
   38. Tis in, tis out, tis like a trout, tis slippery wet and greasy.
   Answer − Your tongue.
   39. What do you see people drinking soup

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Paddy Hynes

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Charleville, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Mrs Connell

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Charleville, Co. Cork