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    97. What is that which is alive in both ends and dead in the middle@
    A Man ploughing.
    98. A room was full, a house was full and you couldn't lift a spoonful?
    A house full of smoke.
    99. Two Ns Two Os an L a D put that together and spell it for me?
    London.
    100. P Porridge in a pot,
    P Porridge cold.
    P Porridge is a pot
    Nine days old.
    If you are a scholar spell that for me without a P.?
    That
    101.
    What bears and never blossoms?
    The crook.
    102. Black I am and much admired
    Men wrought at me till they
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Smith
    Gender
    Female