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Traditional Wexford Curse

May the grass grow at your door and the fox build his nest on your hearthstone.
May the light fade from your eyes, so you never see what you love.
May your own blood rise against you, and the sweetest drink you...

More things belong to marriage than four bare legs in a bed.

What goes up and down without moving?

Stairs.

What is in the middle of nowhere?
The letter H.

What goes up white and comes down yellow?

An egg.

What is the angriest kind of wind?

A crosswind.

What grows up while growing down?

A goose.

What is the biggest building in the world?

A library because it has the most stories.

What grows when it eats, but dies when it drinks?

Fire.

What is the biggest pencil in the world?

Pennsylvania

What is the center of gravity?

The letter V.

What is the difference between a farmer and a seamstress?

One gathers what he 'sows', the other 'sews' what she gathers.

What has a foot on each side and one in the middle?

A yardstick.

What is the difference between an oak tree and a tight shoe?

One makes acorns, the other makes corns ache.

What is the longest word in the English language?

Smiles. (There a mile between the first and last letter. )

What has no beginning, end or middle and touches every continent?

The ocean

What is the moon worth?

A dollar (because it has four quarters. )

What has no beginning, end, or middle?

A doughnut.

What is the only 6-letter word in the English language that gives you 12 when you take away 1?

Dozens.

What is always before you, yet you can never see it?

Your future.