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School: Kilmaganny, Thomastown

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Kilmaganny, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
C. Ó Hurdail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0852, Page 237

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  2. A Collection of Riddles

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    (1) What has a head but no face?
    A Match.
    (2) Why does a hen pick a pot?
    She cannot lick it.
    (3) What part of a train comes in first?
    The engine.
    (4) I have a red heifer
    She lives by the wall
    She eats a great fodder
    And drinks none atal
    A fire.
    (5) What goes round the wood & round the wood & never gets into the wood?
    The fence.
    (6) It isn't outside on you; it isn't inside on you; its on you & it is not heavy on you.
    Your name.
    (7) What is it that has a mouth & no teeth?
    A boot.
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