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School: Clontubrid, Freshford

Location:
Clontubbrid, Co. Kilkenny
Teachers:
Siobhán Bean Uí Mheachair Tomás de Bháldraithe
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    Red and yellow varnished with green the king could not touch no more than the queen?
    The Rainbow.
    As round as an apple as deep as a cup all the king's horses could never draw it up?
    A well.
    What goes up when the rain come down?
    A Umbrella.
    Ink ank under a bank ten drawing four?
    A woman milking a cow.
    I know a thing it is no bigger than a mouse it has as many windows as a kings house?
    A Thimble.
    What is the differnce between one yard and two yards?
    A fence.
    To what country would you go to get an appetite?
    To Hungary.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Toole
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Balleen Lower, Co. Kilkenny