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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 086

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    Black and white and red (read) all over.
    Ans. News paper
    How is an ass like a stamp.
    Ans. you stick a stamp with a lick and you lick an ass with a stick.
    (An) As black as ink as white as milk can hop on the ground like hail stones.
    Ans. A Magpie.
    What has no legs and yet runs fast.
    Ans. A top.
    How is a school master like a station
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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
    Kathleen Fitzpatrick
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Oldcourt, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Dick Fitzpatrick
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Oldcourt, Co. Kilkenny