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1. Riddles

   

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   What is it that everyone wishes for and yet trees get rid of?
   A good appeitite.
   Why may we think that a student is very hungry?
   Because he devours looks.
   Why is the sun like a hard working carpenter?
   Because he is putting up beams all day.
   What bed is nicely covered and well made and yet is not meant to be slept in?
   A Flower bed.
   What tree reminds us of the seaside?
   The beach.
   When is a soldier not a soldier?
   When he is in quarters.
   What must you do before going down steps?
   Go up first.
   When is a glass like a acrobrat?
   When its a tumbler.
   Why is a watch like a river?
   Because it does not run long without winding.
   What is the strongest day in the week?
   Sunday because all other days are weak days.
   Why does time fly at a concert?
   Because the conductor beats it.
   Why should a man wear a watch when he travels in the desert?
   Because every watch has spring in it.
   A round as an apple as flat as a pan, one side a woman the other side a man?
   A penny.
   Black and white and read all over?
   A newspaper
   Under the water over the water and never touches the water?
   A man in a submarine.
   What part of a cow goes over the ditch first?
   Her breath
   A boy hasn't it, a girls hasn't it and

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Cecilia Ryan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Louth, Co. Louth