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School: Johnstown (B.) (roll number 2918)

Location:
Johnstown, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Riain
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    What is full and holds more?
    A pot full of potatoes and you pour water in.
    What goes round the wood and never goes into the wood?
    A bark of a tree.
    A hard working father a lazy old mother and twelve little chidren all they one colour.
    A clock
    What has a tongue and cannot speak.
    A boot.
    What has an eye and cannot see.
    A needle.
    Ink ank under the bank and ten drawing four.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dan Bowe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Donaghmore Lower, Co. Kilkenny