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Riddle: how many hairs are in the head?

Tests. · Tests of cleverness. · Riddles. · Riddles of numbers. · view the constellation · filed as H703

Cited in the index
  • general *Types 922, 926**
  • general BP III 231
  • general Anderson FFC XLII 230.
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Filed under Riddles of numbers.

1 finer motif beneath it
How many hairs are there in the head? As many as are in the tail of my ass; if you don't believe it we will keep pulling out one hair from your beard and one from his tail
Filed beside it
Riddle: how many seconds in eternity? Riddle: how many stars in the heavens? Riddle: how many drops in the sea. (Cf. H696.1.1.) Riddle: how many leaves are on the tree? Riddle: how many days have passed since the time of Adam? Riddle of dates Are there more men or women in the world?
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