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   A stick on my back a stone a stone in my belly riddle me that and I will give you a penny? A plum. Why is a tall man lazier than a small one? Because he is longer in the bed. If an asse's head is facing the north where will his tail be facing? The ground. What has a mouth and no tongue? A river If you were going down the road on an ass what would you boath represent? A pair

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Denis Ryan

   Gender

   Male

2. Riddles

   

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   What flies with four wings.
   Two birds.
   What has a neck and a body but nothing else
   A bottle.
   What is it the older it gets the smaller it grows. A Candle
   When should you lose your temper.
   When it is a bad temper.
   What will go up the chimney down, but wont come down the chimney up
   An umbrella.
   If a ton of coal coast 2/d what would a ton of turf come to. Ashes.
   A house ful a room ful but still you couldint catch a spoon ful. Smoke.

   

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