School: Templeorum, Piltown (roll number 6289)

Location:
Templeorum, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
P. Hickey
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    body three feet and a wooden hat.
    Answer - A pot
    What is cut on the table and never eaten.
    Answer = A deck of cards.
    Why does a hen pick a pot.
    Answer - Because she could not lick it.
    What goes up when the rain comes down.
    Answer = An Umbrella.
    What goes from Cork to Dublin without stopping.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Joe Shea
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Raheen, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Thomas Shea
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Raheen, Co. Kilkenny