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School: Kilmaganny, Thomastown

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Kilmaganny, Co. Kilkenny
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C. Ó Hurdail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0852, Page 235

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  2. A Collection of Riddles

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    (1) What goes round the house & round the house & stops at the corner?
    A Brush.
    (2) A kitchenful, a roomful & you could not catch a spoonful?
    Smoke.
    (3) What go along the ground, heads down?
    The nails of your boots
    (4) Ink, ank, under the bank, ten drawing four?
    A Woman milking a cow.
    (5) It is not inside; it is not outside, but is under the roof somewhere?
    A window
    (6) What comes with a motor; goes with a motor; is no use to the motor & yet the motor cannot go without it?
    Noise.
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