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School: An Clochar, Oileán Ciarraí (roll number 14952)

Location:
Castleisland, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
An tSr. Caoimhín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0447, Page 058

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Q. What is the difference between a teacher and a stamp?
    A. One sticks with a lick and the other licks with a stick.
    Q. If I built a house from here to Donegal what height would it be?
    A. The height of nonsense.
    Q. What is under water, over water and never touches water?
    A. A woman crossing a bridge, with a pail of water on her head.
    Q. I have a little house, but a mouse could not live in it, and all the men in town could not count all the windows in it?
    A. A thimble.
    Q. Two n's two o's an l and a d, put them together and spell them for me?
    A. London.
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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
    Nuala Milward
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cordal, Co. Kerry