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School: Templeorum, Piltown (roll number 6289)

Location:
Templeorum, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
P. Hickey
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    What goes everywhere and never moves.
    Answer = The road.
    What turns without moving.
    Answer = Milk
    What is it that is neither in the house nor out of the house and yet it is under the roof of the house.
    Answer = a window.
    What have two eyes and can't see, four legs and can't walk, a tail and can't wag and yet it can jump as high as Nelsons Pillar
    Answer = a dead dog.
    How many cows tail would
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joseph Mc Keever
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Templeorum, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Mary Mc Keever
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Templeorum, Co. Kilkenny