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School: Naomh Pádraig, Cill Choinnigh (roll number 13265)

Location:
Saint Patrick's, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Br. Seosamh Mac Aodhgáin
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    What is the difference betweent a station-master and a teacher?
    A Station-master minds trains, and a teacher trains minds.
    One day two black men and one white man went out in a motor car. After a while a fight started between them and the two black men ate the white man. What was the number of the car?
    The number of the car was "281"
    What is under water and over water and never touches the water
    A woman carrying a pail of water on her head.
    What is the loudest thing in the world?
    A candle because it wakes the dead.
    Whist is the oldest tree in the forest?
    The elder tree.
    Which is the lazyiest tree in the wood?
    The sloe tree.
    A person was asked on day which is correct to say "the yoke of an egg are white or is white?
    The person answered it is not white at all; but it is yellow.
    Why is Glasnevin Cemetry like a fire-grate?
    Because it holds the ashes of the great.
    Why is a tree like a dog?
    Because it has a bark.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eddie Lawless
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    James's Green, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Mrs Lawless
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    41
    Address
    James's Green, Co. Kilkenny