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School: Inistioge (B.) (roll number 1916)

Location:
Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Máirtín Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0859, Page 092

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    One is hard to get up and the other is hard to get down.
    Why does a hen pick a pot?
    Because she could not lick it.
    What is a horse's shoe like?
    A mare's.
    As I went out in a slippery gap I met my Uncle Davy I cut off his head, sucked his blood and left his body easy?
    A bottle of stout.
    Riddle me riddle me ranty O my father gave me seeds to sow the seeds were black and the ground was white and riddle me that before Saturday night?
    Ink and paper.
    What goes up a ladder with its head down?
    A nail in a man's boot.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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