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School: Creach na mBearna

Location:
Greaghnafarna, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Tomás Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0230, Page 022

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    What part of a person goes into the bed first?
    His breath
    What is the difference between a blind man and a prisoner in jail?
    The blind man can't see to go and the prisoner can't go to see.
    What is it that is neither within nor without and it is good to the house after
    A window
    Black and white and red (read) all over?
    A newspaper
    What is the difference between a school master and a station master? The school master trains the mind and the station master minds the train.
    When I was old they did me cut
    Into a hole they did me put
    And when I was scarcely three months in the hole
    They came to look for me brave and [?]
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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
    Lizzie Mc Hugh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tullynahaw, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mr Michael Mc Hugh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Tullynahaw, Co. Roscommon