School: Templeorum, Piltown (roll number 6289)
- Location:
- Templeorum, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: P. Hickey
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- What is full of holes and still holds water.
Ans Sponge
What goes up the hill and down the hill and yet never moves.
Ans A Road.
Ink and under a bank ten drawing four.
Ans A woman milk-ing a cow.
As black as ink as white as milk can hop on the ground like hailstones.
Ans= magpie
Why does a hen pick a pot.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mary Malone
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Garryduff, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Edward Malone
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Garryduff, Co. Kilkenny