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School: Ballyline, Callan (roll number 14395)

Location:
Ballyline, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Máire Nic Craith
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    each cats tail.
    Answer Four bats.
    A cork and a bottle together costs 25. if the (bool) bottle costs 2d more than the cork. find the price of the cork?
    Answer; One farthing.
    A fiddler in Cork had a fiddler in Dublin and yet the fiddler in Dublin had no brother.
    Answer. The fiddler in Cork was his sister.
    Two men going to the fair with a cart of pigs each. One said to the other let yoy give a pig and we will have an equal share, Yes said the other let you give me one and I will have twice as much as you.
    Answer: They at first had five and seven
    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
    Cáit Ní Craith
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Killaloe, Co. Kilkenny