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School: Strang's Mills, Kilmacow

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Strangsmill, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Richard Rellis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0845, Page 204

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    What goes around the house all day and sleeps in the corner all night.
    A brush
    As round as a marble, as deep as a cup and all the King's horses couldn't pull it up.
    A well.
    What are we all doing at the same time
    Growing older
    What moves and sleeps roaring & still has no legs
    A river.
    What is the loudest thing in the world
    "A candle because it wakes the dead"
    As I went up a steep hill I met three christian people. They were neither men, woman or children which were they
    A man, a woman and a child
    What goes up when the rain comes down
    An Umbrella
    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
    Informant
    James Cullen
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 60
    Address
    Smartscastle West, Co. Kilkenny