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School: Smithstown, Castlecomer (roll number 14626)

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Smithstown, Co. Kilkenny
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Bríd Ní Mhórdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0865, Page 218

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    a man to fall?
    A gun.
    As round as an apple as flat as a pan, half a woman and half a man?
    A penny.
    Spell the little red rogue of the wourld in three letters?
    Fox.
    Hairy in and hairy out, and hairy in to hairy's mouth?
    A man putting on his sock.
    What goes up the ladder with its head down?
    A nail in a man's boot.
    Above in the hollow below in the green the king couldn't judge it no more than the queen, they sent for Lord Thomas to judge it in haste all though it had horns it was not a beast?
    A Snail.
    Black and white and read all over?
    A newspaper.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    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