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   cost two and sixpence what would the coal come to? Ans. Ashes.

   2. What is it that walks on four legs in the morning, on two at noon, and on three in the evening? A human being.

   2. What is often cut and never eaten?
   A. A pack of cards.

   2. The longer it stands the shorter it grows.
   A. A burning candle.

   2. What is full and can hold more?
   A. A pot full of potatoes when you pour water in.

   2. Did you ever see the servant with one eye?
   A. A needle.

   2. Where was Moses when the light went out?
   A. In the dark.

   2. A duck in front, a duck behind, and a duck in the middle between two ducks?
   A. Three ducks.

   2. What city in Ireland would fit in a bottle?
   A. Cork.

   2. Twenty sheep went out a gap, twenty more went after that six, seven, ten, eleven, Three and two how much is that? Five.

   

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Annie Deering

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Lemonstown, Co. Wicklow