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School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)

Location:
Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
(name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0858B, Page 13_008

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    q Patches, upon patches without any stitches
    a A head of cabbage.
    q What has a head, a foot, and four legs.
    a A bed.
    q What goes round the world with its head downwards.
    a The nails of your boots.
    q If you got up on an, where would you get down.
    a On a goose.
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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
    Thomas O Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kells, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    James Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kells, Co. Kilkenny