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School: Smithstown, Castlecomer (roll number 14626)

Location:
Smithstown, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Mhórdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0865, Page 217

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    What part of the cow goes over the ditch first?
    Her breath.
    Spell "broken down ditch" in three letters?
    Gap.
    I am not in Italy, but in Rome I do appear. I am twice in every moment and not once in a hundred year?
    The letter M.
    Hops over ditches and hops over thorns a little brown cow with two leather horns?
    A Rabbit.
    A hard-working father a lazy old mother twelve little children and they all the one colour?
    A Clock.
    As I went out through a guttery gap I met my uncle David, I cut off his head and drank his blood and left his body easy?
    A bottle of wine.
    Long and narrow, thin and tall causes many
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Richard Shorthall
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Richard Shorthall
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    62
    Occupation
    Miner
    Address
    Croghtenclogh, Co. Kilkenny