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School: Baile Uí Mheirigín, Merginstown

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0914, Page 247

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Your tongue and your teeth
    What is the difference between a school teacher and a train driver?
    One trains the mind the other minds the trains
    Why is a horse cuter than a fox?
    Because he can run in a trap
    What man has no father?
    The man in the moon
    When is a horse not a horse?
    When he is turned into a field
    What is it that is brought from the cupboard to the table, cut, & handed round, and never eaten?
    A pack of cards
    What is it that never was and never will be look at your hand and you'll plainly see?
    Your little finger as long as the rest.
    Niddy-noddy round body, three legs, and a wooden hat?
    A pot
    What is the difference between a bright new penny and a shilling?
    Elevenpence.
    What band is it that plays no music?
    The band of a hat
    What is it that we cannot get on well without and yet we are always
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    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
    Joseph Perkins
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Merginstown, Co. Wicklow