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School: Baile Roibín, Knocktopher

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Newmarket, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Ss. Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0849, Page 169

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    Q. Why do a chicken pick a pot
    A. Because she could not lick it
    Q. What part of a cow comes to the gate first.
    A. Her breath.
    Q. How many sides to a pot.
    A. Two, inside and outside
    Q. As I looked over a steeple I saw three Christian people they weren't three men, three women or children
    A. A man woman and child
    Q. There was a man in adam's race, he had no dwelling place on earth on earth in Heaven or in Hell tell me where did that man dwell.
    A. Jonas in the whale's belly
    Nellie Deloughry
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nellie Deloghry
    Gender
    Female