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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 089

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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.
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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
    Mary Malone
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Garryduff, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Edward Malone
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Garryduff, Co. Kilkenny