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School: Templeorum, Piltown (roll number 6289)

Location:
Templeorum, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
P. Hickey
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0841, Page 087

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    master.
    Ans. The schoolmaster
    (the) trains, the mind the station master minds the train.
    What turns with out moving.
    Ans. Milk
    What walks with its head down.
    Ans. A nail in a boot.
    Headed like a thimble tailed like a rat you may guess for ever but you never guess that
    Ans. A pipe
    What is full of holes and holds (walt) water.
    Ans. A sponge
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Fitzpatrick
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Oldcourt, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Dick Fitzpatrick
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Oldcourt, Co. Kilkenny