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School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)

Location:
Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
(name not given)
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    Riddle - What is half the moon like?
    Answer - Like the other half.
    R. I was going up a hill, I met a motor-car. In it were two white men and one black man. The two white men ate the black man. What was the number of the car?
    A. Two, eight, one.
    R. Why does a hen
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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
    James Sweeney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Goodwinsgarden, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    John Sweeney
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Address
    Goodwinsgarden, Co. Kilkenny