Riddles

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Riddles  [duchas:4880808]

Q. What fruit is seen on every penny,
A. A date.
Q. Why is a pig a curious animal,
A. Because it is cured after it killed.
Q. Can you think of a number that by subtracting two letters is gone,
A. You can't, Well what about twenty  T-when-y-see.
Q. Why is coffee like a blunt knife,
A. Neighter is any good until it is ground.
Q. What kind of tables do we cook and eat,
A. Vegetables. 
Q. When does a caterpillour grow good,
A. When it turns over a new leaf.
Q. What is that which runs all over the house yet never moves
A. A roof.
Q. On what toe does a corn never come,
A. Mistletoe.
Q. What South America country is never warm,
A. Chille of course.

Riddles  [duchas:4880809]

Q. Why is a plum core like the sea.
A. Because they both contain currents.(currants)
Q. What part has a fish in common with a river,
A. Mouths.
Q. What sort of a fish does an astronomer want,
A. Starfish.
Q. What sort of fish does a parrot want,
A. A perch.
Q. What sort of a fish does a cobbler want.
A. Soles.
Q. What sort of fish does a person out of want
A. A place.
Q. What sort of fish would a person want on a dull day/
A. Sunfish.
Q. What sort of fish does everyone expect yourself
A. Selfish/
Q. What is that which no one has seen?
A. Tomorrow.
Q. What is the difference between a tight shoe and an oak tree?
A. One makes corns ache and the other makes corns?? acorns.
Q. What trees remind us of pounds, shillings and pence?
A. Golden gorse, silver birch, and copper beech.
Q. A two thousand ton ship with three thousand sailed into Belfast Harbour. There two thousand tons were unloaded, What did the ship weigh coming out of the harbour?
A. She weighed anchor.