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   He summoned them to court, and they were to be hanged. The judge asked them where would they like to be hanged. One said, he would like to be hanged on an ash tree in Scotland; the second in Scotland also. But the other being an Irishman, said he would wish to be hanged on the smallest gooseberry bush in Ireland. The judge said it is too small and weak but the Irishman said he was in no hurry, he would wait for it to grow.

   

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   “Why is the letter k like a pig's tail?”

   

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   Why is the letter K like a pig's tail? Because it is at the end of pork. What room can you not enter? A mushroom. Why is it dangerous to enter a wood in spring? Because the trees are shooting. When was beef the highest? When the cow jumped over the moon. Once a minute, twice a moment and never in a thousand years? The letter M. Why didn't Moses smoke in the ark? Because he was never in it. Why are soldiers tired in the month of April?

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kevin Moore

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Pass, Co. Clare

   Informant

   Thomas Moore

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   65

   Occupation

   Labourer

   Address

   Pass, Co. Clare