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

   Language

   English

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   James Quirke

   Gender

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