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1. A Collection of Riddles

   

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   Why are soldiers more tired on the first day of April than on any other day? Because they are after a March of thirty one days.
   Long legs crooked thighs wee head and no eyes. Tongs.
   A wee wee pony, grey and slim, with, long white flowing tail on him. A man with a brassy hood comes driving him through the wood and every time he goes through the gap he leaves a bit of his tail in it A tailor sewing.
   As I went over Brooklyn Bridge I met seven men and seven wives. Each wife had seven cats and each cat had seven kittens between both men and women cats and kittens how many went over the bridge? One.
   Black and white and read all over. A book.
   What goes up when the rain comes down? An umbrella.
   What is full of holes yet holds up water? A.Crook.
   Why does a hen pick a pot? Because she can not lick it.
   The Queen of Morocco wrote to the King for a bottomless vessel to put flesh and blood in. A Ring.
   Spell red Rogue of the world in three letters? Fox.
   One head one foot and four legs. A bed.
   Headed like a thimble tailed like a rat you may guess for ever but you will not guess that. A pipe.
   A pot of porridge cold a pot of pooridge nine days old. Spell that without a "P" for me? That.
   What is full of flesh and blood in the day and beside the wall at night? Shoes.
   In marble walls white as milk lined with skin as soft as silk

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Peggy Mc Govern

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Moneensauran, Co. Cavan

   Informant

   Patrick Mc Govern

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   40

   Address

   Moneensauran, Co. Cavan