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School: Clinstown (roll number 4193)

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Clintstown, Co. Kilkenny
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S. Ó Dúnlaing
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0865, Page 479

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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Brennan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Ardaloo, Co. Kilkenny

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    Q. I washed my hands in water that never rained or run, and I dried them in a towel that was never worn or spun?
    A. The dew and the Sun.
    Q. What is it has eyes and cannot see?
    A. A potato.
    Q. As round as an apple, as flat as a pan, the whole of a woman the half of a man?
    A. A penny.
    Q. Hairy in and hairy out, hairy in to hairy's mouth?
    A. A man putting on his stocking.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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