Riddles

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(1) The cross of the plough that turn up the green,
The part of the ship that seldom is seen. 
An "a" in the middle without any more
Will tell you a town between Navan and Forebrosakeel.

(2) The beginning of eternity, the end of space and time,
The beginning of every end, and the end of every place?
The letter "e."

(3) I ran in the field and I got it,
I sat down to look for it,
But I could not find it?
A thorn in your foot

(4) Round the house and round the house and draws a harrow after it?
A hen with a clutch of chickens.

(5) Black and white and read all over?
Newspapaer

(6) As i looked out on my grandfather's window

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I saw the dead carry the line?
A motorcar.

(7) If you got up on an ass where you get-down off him?
Because there is no down on an ass you couldn't get any off him.

(8) What is the difference between a man in want and a cushion?
One is hard up and the other is soft down.

(9) There was once a man in jail and a man went to see him.
The warder asked the visitor what was he to the man. The man said "Brother and sister I have none, but that man's father was my father's son"?
His father went to see the man.

(10) Room full and room full and couldn't get a spoonful?
Smoke

(11) Black I am and much admired,
Men and horses I have tired,
Gold and silver I have made,

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In the dung hill now I'm laid?
Coal

(12) What is the shyest thing in the world?
A clock because it always has its hands before its face.

(13) I am full of leaves, but I'm not a tree,
I teach boys and girls how to read, but I cannot read myself?
A book

(14) Flies high, flies low, wears boots and has no feet?
A football

(15) If a man fell twenty feet from the top of a house what would he fall against?
His will

(16) Why is the letter "n" like a Roman Emperor?
Because it is near "O"

(17) What is it every lady looks for a but hates to find?
A hole in her stocking

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(18) Hink, hank, under bank ten drawing drawing four?
A man milking a cow.

(19) What town is spelled the same way backwards as forwards?
Navan.

(20) Spell the "Little Red Rogue" of the world in three letters?
Fox.

(21) Two N's, two I's anL and a D put them together and spell them to me?
London.

(22) What is better than presence of mind in a railway accident?
Absence of body

(23) Why is the man who has nothing to boast about except his ancestors like a potato crop?
Because the best thing he has is under the ground.

(24) Why do little birds in the nest agree?
Because it would be dangerous to fall out.

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(25) The man that made it never used it and that used it never saw it?
A coffin.

(26) Where was Moses when the light went out?
In the dark.

(27) Why is it not safe to tell secrets in a corn field?
Because it's full of ears.

(28) What is it that is no use to the car, but it always goes with the car, and the car cannot do without it?
The noise.

(29) On what side of the mug should you find the handle?
The outside.

(30) It is neither without nor within but it is useful to the house?
A window.

(31) As I went out on the garden gate,
Who should I meet but Dick Red Gap,
A stick in his hand, and a stone in his throat,
Riddle me that and I'll give you a goat?

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A cherry.

(32) Whys is a balloon like a tramp?
Because neither have viable means of support.

(33) Why are fishmongers greedy?
Their business makes them sell fish.

(34) What is the difference between a schoolmaster and a stamp?
One licks with a stick and the other sticks with a lick.

(35) What has three feet but cannot walk?
A yard.

(36) Why is a peacock like the figure 9?
Because without its tail it would be nothing at all.

(37) Round and round the house all day and sleeps in the corner at night?
A pair of boots.

(38) What always walks with its head down?
A nail in your boot

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(39) Black and white and hops on the road like hailstorms?
A magpie.

(40) Why is a lady's jumper like a banana skin?
They are both easy to slip off.

(41) Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat, you may guess many riddles, but you won't guess that?
A pipe.

(42) I have a little house and it wouldn't hold a mouse,
And it has as many windows as the Lord Mayor's house?
A thimble.

(43) As round as an apple, as plump as a ball, can climb the church over steeple and all?
The sun.

(44) How long would a piece of string have to be to reach from here to the North Pole?
Long enough.

(45) How did the church steeple know it was Christmas?
Because the bells were tolled.

(46) How much ground does a hen take when its going

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to roost?
A perch.

(47) When do two 3s not make six?
When they make 33.

(48) What will go up the chimney down but it will not go down the chimney up?
An umbrella.

(49) Why should you never do your home exercise on a table?
Because your exercise copy is the correct place to do it.

(50) Why are washwomen funny people?
Because they set out tubs to catch soft water when it rain hard.

(51) What living creature never takes off his shoes when he's going to bed?
A horse.

(52) What goes round the table and round the table, its cut and its never eaten?
A pack of cards.