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School: Johnstown (B.) (roll number 2918)

Location:
Johnstown, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Riain
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    What goes around the house all day and sleeps on its head in the night?
    A brush.
    A little red calf in side the wall the wall it would eat all you would give it but drink none at all?
    A fire.
    What is it, when you lift its hand its nose begins to bleed?
    A pump.
    What has three feet and cannot walk?
    A yard.
    What carries its house on its back?
    A snail.
    What has a head and cannot think?
    A pin.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick O' Rourke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Johnstown, Co. Kilkenny