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School: Bilboa (C.) (roll number 15693)

Location:
Bilboa, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Síle, Bean Uí Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0519, Page 048

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    Q. Under the fire and over the fire and never touches it.
    A. A cake in an oven.
    Q. Bessy inside the ditch and Bessy outside the ditch
    If you went near Bessy she would bite you.
    A. A Nettle.
    Q. I went out a slippery gap.
    I met my uncle Thady
    He had timber toes and an iron nose.
    And 'pon my word he would frighten the crows.
    A. A gun.
    Q. What's full and holds more?
    A. A pot full of potatoes before you pour water in.
    Q. What part of a cow goes over the ditch first?
    A. Her breath.
    Q. What is the difference between a blind man and a prisoner?
    A. One can't go to see and the other can't see to go.
    Q. What is the difference between a school-master and a station-master.
    A. One minds trains and the other trains
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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
    Lena Hammersley
    Gender
    Female