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School: Templeorum, Piltown (roll number 6289)

Location:
Templeorum, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
P. Hickey
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    if you got up on an ass where would you get down.
    Ans, On a goose's back.
    Why is the Main Street in Carrick like the figure six.
    Ans, Because there are two trees in it.
    What goes up when the rain come down.
    Ans, An Umbrella.
    What is always behind time.
    Ans, The back of a clock.
    Who is always making faces.
    Ans, The Clockmaker.
    What is it that is full in the day and empty at
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sean Carroll
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Brenar, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    John Carroll
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Brenar, Co. Kilkenny