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School: Ballyuskill (B.), Ballyragget

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Ballyoskill, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
F. Mac Cárthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0866, Page 224

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    Hairy in and hairy out hairy in to hairy's mouth
    A man pulling up his stocking.
    Hairy all over, and rough in the skin, two waging and one going in
    A pig rooting.
    What are the oldest tops in the world.
    The mountain tops
    Riddle me riddle me ry two going in, and one passing by.
    A man sowing a boot.
    I have something behind the house the more I give it the more it growls.
    A sawmill.
    I have a little thing in my house if I give it water it will die if I give it sticks it would live.
    A fire.
    As I went up the stairs I looked out through the window. I saw the dead carring the living.
    A motor car
    London Derry Cork and Kerry spell me that without a K.
    that.
    As round as an apple as deep as a cup all the men in Ireland wouldn't pull it up.
    A moon in a well.
    What part of a cow goes over the ditch first.
    Her breath
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