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Bean Mhic Uaid
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    9. Why is a policeman worse than the devil?
    Because the policeman takes a person's body and soul and the devil takes his soul only.
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  2. Riddles

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    10. What sleeps with its finger in its eye?
    The crook.
    11. How many wells would make a river?
    One if it were big enough
    12. What goes round the wood and round the wood and never goes into the wood?
    The bark of a tree.
    13. Why does a hen cross a road?
    To get to the other side.
    14. Four feet up and four feet down,
    Soft in the middle,
    And hard all round?
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Katie Mc Entyre
    Gender
    Female