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School: Templeorum, Piltown (roll number 6289)

Location:
Templeorum, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
P. Hickey
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    Two legs up and two legs down soft in the middle and hard all round.
    Ans, A bed.
    Headed like a thimble tailed like a rat you may guess for ever but you couldn't guess that.
    Ans, A pipe.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    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