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    Riddles
    What is the difference between a hungry boy and a greedy boy.
    One longs to eat and the other eats too long.
    A head, like, a thimble, a tail, like a rat, you may guess for ever but you'll never guess that.
    A man's pipe
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Mc Aweeney
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Killywillin, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mr James Mc Aweeney
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Killywillin, Co. Cavan