School: Rochfortbridge (Convent of Mercy) (roll number 14603)

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   Josie Alford Collected the following.

   Question. In a garden was laid a beautiful maid, that ever was seen of a morning. She was made a bride, the first day of her life, and died before she was born.
   Answer. Eve.

   Question. Why is a shoemaker so much like a man going to die.
   Answer. Because he leaves down all thinks of his end, and prepares his sole for the last.

   Question. What man in Parliment wears the largest hat.
   Answer. The man with the largest head.

   Question. Jenny white petticoat with a red nose the longer she lives the shorter it grows.
   Answer. A candle.

   Question. What has a nose and cannot smell.
   Answer. A Plough

   Question. What has eyes and cant see.
   Answer. A potato.

   Question.What is always behind time.
   Answer. Th back of a clock or watch.

   

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Josie Alford

   Gender

   Female