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1. Riddles

   

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   (Hardy Bar) The following riddles were told to me by my uncle Ralph Charls.
   Hardy Bardy barred the gate, Hardy Bardy barred it well. It was neither stick, stone, iron or bone, what barred the gate so well? Frost
   How many feet have forty sheep the sheperd and his dog? Two.
   As I was going up Tara hill, Tara hill was shaking. As I was coming down Tara hill, Tara hill was leaking? A girl carring a bucket of water
   Cut a bit off and make it longer? A grave.
   What is smaller than a midgs eye? What will go into it.
   The man who made it never wore it, the man who wore never saw it? A coffin.
   What is the smallest bridge in the world? The bridge of your nose.
   Black I am much admired, man and horse I've often tired, gold and silver I have made, now in the ashes I am laid? Coal.
   Where was Moses when the light went out? In the dark.
   Why have you to go to bed? Because the bed won't come to you.
   I have an old cow and she stands by the wall, she eats all I give but she

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