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School: Kilmaganny, Thomastown

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Kilmaganny, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
C. Ó Hurdail
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  1. A Collection of Riddles (continued)

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    (8) What 'chins' are never shaved?
    Ur-chins.
    (9) Which is the left side of a plum pudding?
    The side that is not eaten.
    (10) What is put on a table, cut, but never eaten
    A pack of cards.
    (11) What runs but cannot walk, whistles, but cannot talk.
    A steam-engine.
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  2. A Collection of Riddles

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    (1) What goes round the house & round the house & stops at the corner?
    A Brush.
    (2) A kitchenful, a roomful & you could not catch a spoonful?
    Smoke.
    (3) What go along the ground, heads down?
    The nails of your boots
    (4) Ink, ank, under the bank, ten drawing four?
    A Woman milking a cow.
    (5) It is not inside; it is not outside, but is under the roof somewhere?
    A window
    (6) What comes with a motor; goes with a motor; is no use to the motor & yet the motor cannot go without it?
    Noise.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Noonan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rossenarra, Co. Kilkenny