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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    A goose after two geese,
    two geese before a goose,
    two geese after a goose,
    how many geese is that?
    Three geese.
    73. A wee black person and its house on its back?
    A snail.
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    74. What is the smallest bridge in the world?
    The bridge of your nose.
    75. Why do you go to bed?
    Because the bed wouldn'y come to you.
    76. Twenty sick sheep went through a gap, one of them died, how many were left?
    Nineteen.
    77. What goes from house to house and stays outside at night?
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lena Mc Cabe
    Gender
    Female