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School: Fuerty (roll number 16162)

Location:
Fuerty, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Freathaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0264, Page 013

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Q. What pen is never used for writing?
    A. A sheep pen.
    Q. What is the difference between an ass and a stamp?
    A. You lick one with a stick and you stick the other with a lick.
    Q. What is smaller than a flies mouth?
    A. The bit it eats.
    Q. A little wood, a little wire, a little house without a fire. What is it?
    A. A bird cage.
    Q. What is the difference between a hill and a pill?
    A. One is hard to get up and the other is hard to get down.
    Q. There was a fiddler in Cork, who had a brother in New York, and the brother fiddler in New York had no brother fiddler in Cork?
    A His sister.
    Q. What can eat grass as bear as a goose?
    A. A gander.
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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
    Brian Coyne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Fuerty, Co. Roscommon