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School: Templeorum, Piltown (roll number 6289)

Location:
Templeorum, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
P. Hickey
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0841, Page 084

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    What is the half of the moon like?
    Ans. The other half.
    Around the wood and round the wood and never gets into the wood?
    Ans. The bark of a tree.
    What goes up white and comes down red?
    Ans. An egg.
    What has a head but no face?
    Ans. A match.
    What goes from house to house and stays out all night?
    Ans. A path.
    What is the oldest tree growing?
    Ans. The Alder.
    What is it that when it is too short you must take a bit off to make it longer.
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    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
    Dick Walton
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Jamestown, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Michael Walton
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Jamestown, Co. Kilkenny