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School: Templeorum, Piltown (roll number 6289)

Location:
Templeorum, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
P. Hickey
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Ans is Because she cannot lick it.
    Hoddy noddy round body, three feet and a wooden hat.
    Ans. a pot and cover.
    What (tourns) turns without moving.
    Ans. milk.
    black and white and red (read) all over.
    Ans. a newspaper.
    What goes round the wood and round the wood and never gets into the wood.
    Ans. The bark of a tree.
    As I went out a slippery gap I met my
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Malone
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Garryduff, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Edward Malone
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Garryduff, Co. Kilkenny